The planet will be here regardless what we do. If you had any clue about the science and our planet history but i guess that's a bit too hard for some to accept knowing the denial phase you have put yourself in.
Now improving our planet works out only in our benefit, arguing that people are just putting money in people their pockets who promote that technology sure that's true but if you make that rather stupid argument at the same time you are doing that right now for the current energy industry. So rather have it go to something that doesn't attempt to harm our eco system, what is rather fragile.
So what do we actually lose? Nothing we improve our planet in the long run. If we don't do anything and the jezus will save us freak show is wrong, our eco system will be severely damaged. Storms will increase periods of drought will increase, what means our food supplies will take hits, you'll have to deal with increasing sea levels all of those things are projected and will most likely already happen to some point and boy if you hate immigration now wait till all that hits home and people are literally migrating to the decreasing landmass available for us humans.
But no don't worry about our planet, the planet will outlast us easily and there will most likely always be some sort of life on this, human life hardly we have been here on this planet for mere seconds if you look at how old this rock is. However the best part of all this is? You can continue to keep yourself in this ignorant state you are in as enough people already care for it and the industries are already moving towards this direction purely for economic reasons.
But i love ignorant americans like you, you are the people that are going to give me a nice extra fund on top of my pension later, cause with a good sum put into funds that invest and maintain things as water treatment stations. With the current trends we are seeing my stocks keep going up and up, so please keep this up since the longer a nation or region takes time to enforce changes the more desperate the governments become and the more money they throw at these companies, what for me is one big fat win
So actually you end up paying me, you probably already are! Ain't that nice!