The next step in the climate denialist playbook if they can't obfuscate and confuse you on the science is to then confidently describe the inevitably of failure when trying to address the problem.
But there again, this is a patently false position to take. Reducing GHGs is technically and economically feasible right now. What's holding it back? Politics. And your efforts are well noted for trying to make sure the political roadblocks persist.
What's the game here though? Why would you so confidently and erroneously proclaim that it's not a problem and then concede it is a problem to then confidently and fallaciously complain that nothing can be done?
Maybe it's just sheer or irrational self-interest. People dependent on oil and gas industries are highly motivated to believe that nothing is a problem and trying to convince people that they should do nothing. But many of these people have children. So that doesn't really explain it.
It's almost as if its satisfying to be on the wrong side of history: "I'll show those no good people who want to make a better world for future generations and biodiversity of planet earth! Those people are the real problem. Once they learn, hah, then I'll have my comeuppance!"
Enjoy the righteous indignation and that warm comforting feeling favouring a future of greater human suffering. Keep up the good fight.
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