T.H.E.Y. will cook the planet if it means T.H.E.Y. will stay in power for 10 seconds longer.

T.H.E.Y. are sociopaths. Their thinking places staying in power above probable death.

Think about habitual liars, who, even if the truth would be better for them, they will continue to tell lies.

We will have to deal with these sociopaths, as T.H.E.Y. are the main reason why we do not have better energy creation methods right now.