"[John] Kaiser sums up the primary reason he and other conservatives rejected the premise of climate change: 'Because if climate change is as bad as they say it is, it would justify government intervention. And we can’t justify government intervention because that’s a bad thing.' Climate change was viewed as a power grab: 'This is how the government was going to trick us into giving our rights away and fully regulate the economy to protect the environment.' He recited the rationale with uncanny polish. 'I still remember making that argument myself as a college student.' He elaborated, 'I think a lot of people on the right do what I did, which is that we work backwards from an ideological fear of government intervention to the idea that we can’t accept climate change.' "
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2...hVPeNhJC28
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2...hVPeNhJC28
