I can't imagine it's actually like this, im guessing their just surrounded by pro oil propaganda. So they rationalize making gobs of money by believing that they aren't doing harm.

It's probably really easy when everything in their life rewards them being pro oil.

Yeah that's likely their thought process, lack of empathy I guess

It's probably more along the lines of: these woke leftists are trying to push the globalization WEF agenda on us using exaggerated claims and fake "science" to hurt our economy, I'll stand my ground and ensure me and my offspring remain privileged even if that means going to war with half the country

Many of those morons have no idea of the magnitude of their hubris, though there's an occasional sociopath in the mix