Then you should be happy because the water and the air have never been cleaner. The places where pollution is the worst is poor places, not rich places which i

Then you should be happy because the water and the air have never been cleaner. The places where pollution is the worst is poor places, not rich places which indicate that making societies more prosperous is better, not worse for the environment. This includes access to cheap energy which currently also means coal and fossil fuels. The problem is that when you present this to those who are worried about the climate they don't actually rejoice and say, phew great. Instead, they get upset which I find weird.