complete and total cognitive dissonance, trying to rationalize how they believe "the world is literally ending at our own hand holy shit we're doomed we're all gonna die," but aren't committing acts of terrorism or even really protesting in order to save the world.
https://medium.com/@samwisehawkins/why-im-a-climate-change-denier-5d9ecae0cb7
HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18700934
if *I* thought the world was literally going to end as the result of human action, I would be joining some guerrilla cult compound in the woods. (good thing I don't lol)