Writing recently in The Spectator World, Joel Kotkin noted, "The crux of the green dilemma lies in part with the realities of physics as well as geopolitics." You can say that again.
The technical term is "confidence game." A crook gains the confidence of a victim (the "mark") and preys upon their naivety, greed, and/or fear. Ultimately, the duped mark gives their money and/