So the ends justify the means? I'm not in favor of creating hysteria to accomplish anything, it's not necessary. On top of that I don't think the global warming theory has changed the minds of most of those people anyway. Just look around, the people who didn't give a shit before still don't care even when they do believe in global warming. However if a legislator were to introduce regulations and simply pitch them to the public properly a lot more would be accomplished. For example explaining to people that a regulation would reduce energy consumption and therefor cost. As well as reducing the contamination of air and ground water I think you would be hard pressed to find opponents. However the exact same bill pitched as "ZOMG global warming!!! :run: " it would be a controversial and fierce battle.