Here are some of the reasons why many people oppose any real action against global warming:

1. Conservatives are inherently afraid of change partially because of the following:

"The old world is organized;

the new world is disorganized.

The old world is certain;

The new world is uncertain."

President Bill Clinton

2. Human nature is self serving; it is hard to accept reality:

It is the nature of the human species to reject what is true but unpleasant, and embrace what is obviously false but comforting.

H.L.Mencken