I know lots of otherwise conservative people who believe the Earth is warming. Mostly they think it’s a natural eventuality that man can do little to mitigate. They take personal measures that assuage their own conscience, but don’t feel that top-down government impositions are either warranted, or right, or even helpful.
If it’s a thing of Nature, how is it at all helpful for the government imposing constraints on the public that create even more social and economic friction?
“Since there’s this difficult issue we all face, we should create several related issues for consumers, taxpayers, and entire industries.”
Only leftist tyrants think like that.
There’s an entire swathe of Conservatism that says conservation measures are great — recycling to whatever extent we can, not over-consuming, reducing waste, and all the stuff your folks always hollered at you:
“Shut the lights off when you leave the room!”
“Close the front door — God’s not paying us to heat the whole outdoors!”
“Figure out what you’re after BEFORE you open the ‘fridge!”
Embracing such things is hardly a liberal trait.