[stephenjohnbanker]

“Are they insane?

YES”

NO......follow the money. They all know that GW is a hoax. Don’t kid yourself, they know.

[your local physicist]

I doubt that all the politicians know GW is a hoax. Some know and some don't. The problem is that we still have a cabal of mediocre scientists throughout the world, mostly in academia and government agencies, who are stubbornly holding onto their belief in GW and misleading politicians as they repeat their mistaken beliefs. Most of the GW believers are in denial now, refusing to accept the temperature evidence and the truth that they are mediocre scientists who did shoddy statistical work on the history of CO2 levels and temperature, and never did enough high-quality lab experiments to verify the basic equations underlying GW theory.

The politicians have been snookered by the scientists on GW theory, and ultimately a lot of politicians are going to be really angry at that cabal of mediocre scientists who mislead them.

[your local physicist]

But I’ll grant you this: your cynicism about politicians is justified and the number of politicians who know GW is a hoax could be more than I think.