It's a typical reaction from the smug, self-serving elitists that us knuckle dragging plebeians 'just don't get it' and are far too stupid to analyze what these smart 'scientists' are doing. And we simply turn our back on the so-called 'science.'
When exactly the opposite is true. Many of us DO come from scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematical modeling backgrounds. And understand when there might be a rational basis for regulation and when there isn't. Which makes things worse in that we see what a deliberate lie it is. Many of us HAVE actually looked at the models, the adsorption spectra of carbon, the ability of the earth to re-radiate absorbed electromagnetic radiation in the IR bands, the concentration variation of CO2 over the (recorded) years (as well as have analyzed the tolerances in dating samples from the past as well as radiocarbon dating tolerances in general). Many of us do understand that no orbit is completely stable, the sun's mass does change as it converts matter to energy (resulting in varying gravitational pull), and see that figuring out what the solar constant does to four significant figures is a relatively recent development.
And many of us remember when only several decades ago the entire computing capacity of a nations' air defense system was a small fraction of the computing power of the computer these very words are being typed on. And when electron tubes ruled the day with analog computers and (by today's standards) very imprecise recorded measurements of anything.
And when fierce tornadoes and storms attacked sparsely populated areas without anyone knowing anything about it--or when they did they read it by newspaper several days later and didn't see radar images at all or even primitive video of it. When there was a whole bunch of space with a whole bunch of nothing and no one there to figure out WHAT the temperature might be--and even if someone did go out to write it down from time to time it was a guy with a mercury thermometer with a printed scale (of varying quality) on the side and a watch that ticked. Perhaps even using a real honest to goodness map and compass to figure out where he or she kinda was.
This is just within the last half-century; far too fast to rate even a blink of an eye in the history of humans walking the planet. Even less so compared to what the earth has done over her entire history where humankind itself is a short blink of its history so far.
We understand rates of change as well as understand what the earth has done through recorded history--and that is a very small fraction by terrestrial standards of what we really know.
We understand that CO2 levels might tend to follow median earth temperature (within the tolerances of us being able to actually date it which are quite wide to begin with and get wider the further back we go). And that 'tend to follow' does not imply a cause and effect relationship any more than someone putting their car in their garage causes it to rain outside.
We understand how glaciers covered (and carved out beautiful scenery) where some of us now live with the green grass a growing. All without any human interference whatsoever.
And that so-called 'science' has been wrong, politicized, and has sometimes even lied to populations throughout history (with noble or nefarious intent) in order to manipulate groups of people. Usually for the gain of a few self-proclaimed mortal saviors.
And that NO true scientist uses words like 'settled science,' 'irrefutable,' 'incontrovertible' and the like to try to browbeat those with opposite ideas in order to shut them up. True scientists realize the limitations of their modeling, that they don't know what they don't know, and realize they might be wrong--embracing those who might challenge their conclusions and have other ideas.
Which is exactly the opposite of what the so-called scientists, parrots, and politicians propagating the global warming myth have done.
Is it good to pursue other forms of energy ? Of course. But gas stations, oil refineries, and pipelines grew up as the demand for oil increased--funded by the folks who wanted to drive their car or airplane from where they were to where they weren't. Not from bazillion dollar boondoggles fueled by regulation, restriction, and taxpayer dough.
'Green' energy is a myth; ALL sources of energy 'pollute' in some way--with beauty being in the eye of the beholder as to whether a wind farm or coal power plant looks better. The ONE objective standard is cost which usually determines the best form of energy to be used at the time.
And maybe I'd listen maybe a little harder to the parrots when they'd stop flying their bizjets with their carbon guzzling entourage to the vital environmental conference they just have to attend--burning well more energy in the process than my family will use over the next decade--because they think they are the important ones and get to tell everyone else how to live.