If your science has a 'right wing' and a 'left wing', perhaps you are not doing science at all, just a political agenda wrapped in impressive sounding nomenclature and garnished with cherry picked data.
The howling about the end of the world has only been manifested in the outrageous expenditures and edicts aimed at replacing systems which have worked with systems which still fall short of the mark, despite being heavily subsidized.
From the cheap seats, this looks like a wealth redistribution scheme which favors some while leaving the average person saddled with expensive and unreliable energy sources.
THAT, friends and neighbors, rapidly becomes a matter of national security, and it is my belief that the very reason we are beset (in the 'free world') by outraged minions of a wannabee climate State is to stop us from being the very 'free world' we have been, by compromising our ability to function and defend ourselves on every level.
There's a faint whiff of Alice's Restaurant in the concept that we might not have weapons systems with low enough emissions to burn enemy cities and lay waste to their armies and industrial centers.
Oh, the horror, the horror.
No one is going to be sitting on the sidelines giving out medals for having a low carbon footprint.
Our potential adversaries KNOW this, and are acting accordingly, doing what works. Perhaps we should consider doing the same.
Either we will utilize our resources, or, ultimately, they will.
