• TechyDad@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    There are two reasons: the religious and the capitalist.

    The religious reason is that they think there can never be any change. God made the world as is and nothing can ever change. If something changes, it’s because God changed it, not man. So scientists saying that man is changing the climate can’t be right because it would mean that the world is changing and that the change isn’t coming from God.

    The capitalist reason is that they have a lot of money tied up in things that would need to change to address climate change. These changes would cost money and wouldn’t increase their profits. They’d rather the earth burn if they got another few billion in profits in the short term than take a short term loss for long term gain.