The whole global-warming environmentalist thing is a religion, and we’re not allowed to honestly, intellectually discuss a religion.
I agree it is kind of a religion. I know several journalists, one of whom is well known, who unreservedly sign on to carbon dioxide and AGW. The latter, although certainly verbally intelligent, flunked intro-chemistry in college, switched majors and took no mathematics, and no hard science, ever after. And is still sought as a premier environmental writer.
I see the AGW "religion" as a reaction from those whom science has passed by, resulting in a psychological need to manipulate and commandeer it. Deep egocentric insecurity countered by reactionary assertion. The perfect profile of course of Al Gore. Most lawyers also exhibit the same profile, and of course there are many, many ordinary citizens (probably the majority) in the same well.
A society where there are more lawyers than engineers is destined to be ruled by bigoted assertion.