Exactly--its all about the $$. Money for scientists who toe the party line. $$ for advocacy groups & lobbyists. No doubt $$ for reporters who help spread this propaganda. And, coming soon, $$ from emissions taxes on developed countries that will end up G-d knows where.
When all is said and done, Global Warming (GW) is all about wealth transfer from rich nations to poor ones. It is the perfect vehicle because most of the population has been scared to death by apocalyptic GW predictions over the past 15-20 years. Now, any hurricane or weather anomaly (no matter how minor or explainable) is being attributed to GW. A few weeks ago they were even blaming El-Nino weather patterns on GW. They will use it to tax developed nations into reducing emissions (which won't happen) and use the $$ to fund elaborate Third World projects run by UN bureaucrats (who are incompetent at everything but lining their own pockets).
Further, GW will never go away. The science is so flimsy and the datasets are so tremendous that "findings" can be twisted any which way. None of these taxes will (in the end) have ANY effect on the weather. Furthermore, you are starting to hear calls to criminalize intellectual dissent on this issue in the scientific community. Heretics may eventually be jailed, or at least turned into pariahs who cannot get funding or jobs. The whole thing is very scary.
That being said, we may INDEED be in the middle of a slight warming trend. But if we are, it is most likely natural & caused by that biggest emissions producer: the Sun. Even so:: so what? If its in the 40s in Jan instead of in the 20s, my emissions (& heating bill) are going to be reduced anyway.