The greying-out of the above comment might suggest one reason people don't want to engage with the issue here. In technical discussions on HN, people are allow

The greying-out of the above comment might suggest one reason people don't want to engage with the issue here. In technical discussions on HN, people are allowed to bring up contrarian opinions and ideas. In highly-politicized issues, people tend to line up on sides, and downvote accordingly. There are legitimate scientists who think climate is a potentially serious problem, like many others, but neither a crisis nor an emergency. It's hard for them to get heard.