Also what’s the worst case scenario if they’re wrong?

Long term, what you said sure… but short term, companies will collapse from the transition, jobs will be lost (even if they get replaced with green jobs), people will pay more from carbon taxes or other similar mechanisms, people will be forced to buy EVs that have in many cases become political, and actually are suitable for the vast majority of people today, if not EVs then were taking away cars to build public transportation which is taking ‘freedom’ away.

It’s not a simple thing to do what we need to do to solve the problem, it involves self sacrifice, and that’s something so many people are incapable of. See covid masking.

It’s easier to believe the scientists are lying to us and it’s a big conspiracy.