Not exactly new. It's the old misunderstanding/deliberately dense denier point of "global warming would mean everything will be just as it is now, just a degree or two warmer."

Yeah, nah. It doesn't work like that.

I used to have a personal list of stages but can't find it at the moment. Denying it's a problem/claiming it's a good thing is not the last one though.

But:

    1. Deny the Problem Exists
    2. Deny We're the Cause
    3. Deny It's a Problem
    4. Deny We can Solve It
    5. It's too Late
    5b. And it's the fault of doom prophets who scared us into denying it (it's a mechanism to resist stress) and should have communicated better.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97...