“We’ve seen this before (e.g.: Al Gore and his “global warming’ religion)”
Very bad example. Gore doesn’t believe in it any more than you or I do.
Evidence: Massive house, outbuildings, and gigantic electric bill that went public sometime after the election.
He travels in fleets of SUV’s to any event, including the ‘warming’ ones.
There is much more evidence if you look, but Gore doesn’t believe it for a second. He definitely believes he can SELL IT, but he’s not a buyer.
The fact that he lives in the most extravagant ways while exhorting us peons to live on dirt floors is typical of his elitist breed, and falls under the category of cognitive dissonance.