This is psychological projection. You're not on trial for being a heretic, and prescribing a disagreement with "scientific consensus" as though one is being hung for witchcraft is laughably ignorant. You're simply uncomfortable with being called a nutjob. My dude, I'm putting this out there for you. Take it for what you will. "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith It is human nature to actively disagree with facts if it *seemingly* contradicts their ideology in anyway. Oh, to your comment that a solution involves the advancement of some global "Bolshevik-style centrally planned economy" ... that's a ton of word salad. Just say that you don't like knowing that your actions have consequences and impact to others, and our islands / bubbles give us warmth. It is very confronting, but it took years for oil companies to remove lead from gasoline. The consequences are already there, however. Also, presuming you live within the USA, you do know you already live within a centrally planned economy? Propaganda is a hell of a drug.