That's not true. You cope with them by lowering the top marginal rate of income tax.
(This is also how you respond to war, peace, boils, locusts, and the slaughter of the first-born.)
Scientists. They're only saying that for the money. Do you have any idea how much it costs to go to a climatology conference for three or four days once or twice a year?
Hundreds of pounds. Hundreds.
BP, and Royal Dutch Shell, on the other hand, are providing a disinterested public service.