[Timon3]

> The same people that would have said that electric cars are impossible, or that climate change is not real 7 years ago, are now environmentalists and are very concerned about lithium battery production. Just endless nonsense.

It is incredibly frustrating, but the realization behind it is infuriatingly simple: they just want to be contrarian. They just want to be right, and to know better than everyone else. The more people have opposite beliefs the better, because it means they are smarter than all of them. This fundamental disposition makes them soak up all of the propaganda, which fossil fuel companies are more than happy to provide. You can challenge them on facts all you want, they will not budge from their positions.

This is also why you will never hear them say "honestly, I don't know".