"Let the world take care of itself for pity's sake."

The Earth would be in no danger if we did exactly that. Problem is - we are not.


"Temperature drives CO2 levels."

On this subject, Tim Lambert of Univ. NSW, AU famously stated:
"CO2 is not causing global warming, in fact, CO2 is lagging temperature change in all reliable datasets. See also my forthcoming paper: 'Chickens do not lay eggs, because they have been observed to hatch from them'."