I find that the policies advocated by environmentalists are not worth the cost in terms of our liberty and prosperity.
But then again, I was raised as a conservationist by a father and grandfather who both believed we are stewards of our natural resources, not worshipers of them. They believed that our resources are ours to responsibly develop, and to starve in the cold and dark while sitting on easily extracted resources is irresponsible.
We have reached the point of absurdity with the enviros that we have allowed them to shut down oil drilling in the US while putting ourselves at the mercy of cultures with zero appreciation for developing resources responsibly, and cultures that are happy to take our money, that is up until the moment they help destroy us.
Seems like the enviros really want something other than to protect the earth. Maybe they just have such a bad case of self-loathing that they are willing to see our culture destroyed so they can feel better about our prosperity.
Environmentalism isn't about the environment. It's about power.
The individual protesters may not know that. But their leaders do.
In that sense, it's just like poverty. The War on Poverty wasn't about poor people. It's about power.
You can use the exact same tautology on every liberal issue in the book.