Hoax motive?

To the editor:

A recent letter suggests scientists have perpetrated a global warming “hoax” to lead us to the “slaughterhouse.” In any crime, there is both opportunity and motive. Let’s say for the sake of argument that an international cabal of scientists has the opportunity to perpetrate this crime. (As a scientist, I think this gives us credit for organizational skills we don’t have, but I am willing to play along.)

So what is the motive? What is motivating this amazingly well-organized and obviously incredibly funded syndicate? I can’t think of anything reasonable, but maybe a supporter of this “vast scientific conspiracy” hypothesis can enlighten me.