You cannot change these guys’ minds. They are all in a groupthink bubble where denial is the price of admission, and their huge salaries and privileges depend on their unwavering focus on maximizing the bottom line. So that alone is the topic of all their conversations. If they make public statements about “sustainable growth” or some other such oxymoron, they are simply—as an acquaintance said—“finger puppets on the claws of Godzilla.”