It’s the old story “follow the money”. The CO2/Carbon Footprint argument is all about certain investors getting rich from it.
I use to think that was all it is. Capitalists will try to capitalize on anything including hysteria. Just like an alarm salesman will try to sell you an alarm by exagerating the crime statistics in your area, entrepreneurs will try to make money off of the global warming hysteria. But that isn’t the underlying problem. It is, at its base, a governmental power grab. If the government can control the energy supplies then they can control everything. The scary thing is that the progressive/Obamists actually think that this is a good thing and will do anything(lie/cheat/and steal) to bring it about.