I presume your "merchants of doubt" is referencing the people and scientists-researchers who don't think CO2 is the existential threat or urgent crisis that is being propagated in MSM and by authoritarian politicians with ulterior motives to manufacture consent with the population for more authoritarian-control policies?

That's quite the bold-shalow claim-conclusion with providing no supportive evidence to dismiss all the claims/counter claims and work of these seemingly highly competent and ethical individuals, like these two, for example:

Dr. Willie Soon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7IdLzxzINw

Dr. Christopher Essex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpjpBWxvamA

If you only put in that much effort into comments, how much effort do you likely put into adequately researching and sorting through the complexity of issues vs. how dismissive are you of talking points that don't fit your narrative, and how much confirmation bias will you likely succumb to?