The world wide embrace of the global warming hysteria accompanied by politicians adoption of ill-conceived draconian measures reminds me of something Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote:

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

A lot of our politicians have joined the ranks of the insane. They need to read the 19th century book, "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds." Scotland has joined the insanity, as described here.