Climate change is real. Always has been. Carbon in the atmosphere is a contributing factor, but is not the thermostat of the Earth. It is way more complex than that. Those with an agenda have reduced it to one thing so that it can be monetized. The Government's solutions, carbon taxes, cap and trade schemes, etc. all amount to the same thing...more money to the government. This is why some people see it as a scam. Nobody is against reducing pollution.