Politically this is the biggest risk for the Republicans in the next few election cycles. I have written about this,
Where I stated:
When the Climate Awakening happens later this decade, people under 40, the ones who are going to have to live in the world our climate bomb is creating, are going to be filled with a lot of rage. They are going to burn with righteous anger and a blazing desire to punish the people who did this to them.
That rage is going to dominate American and global politics by the end of this decade. 2031 is going to be a vastly different political landscape than 2021.
The climate politics of the late 20’s and early 30’s is going to be harsh and merciless. The young are not going to be forgiving or understanding.
I expect trials and televised executions of oil company executives, people like Joe Manchin, those found guilty of ecocide, and anyone else the mob turns their rage on.
Angry vengeful people rarely create stable, functional political structures.
They are going to burn the Republican party to the ground and then piss on the ashes.
They are aware of this. You can see some of the more rational ones, the ones still acting as if elections matter to them, trying to get in front of this. But, they really are in a bind here.
They are counting on their base "buying in" if they give them a "lie that will fly". In the face of the coming disaster I don't think that's going to hold up.
