Joey jojo,
I am with you on the rising of the sea. Melting ice will not influence sea levels. If you read carefully, you'll see I was referring to past predictions that have failed. Sea levels are in actual fact rising a millimetre or so per year in the northern hemisphere and not at all in the southern hemisphere.
Disillusioned JW,
Let me begin at the beginning. I wish I had vested interests in the oil industry, then today I would have been able to retire in style. Well, seeing that we are busy with motive, let's carry on from there. Did you know oil is not a "fossil fuel"? Oil is the second most plentiful liquid on earth today (after water). Here's a very informative video on the subject to give some perspective:
https://twitter.com/TedPete92938863/status/1572038007980716033?s=20&t=V7PCJdlWtnVkZcTIAp-c_w
That Bill Gates wants to depopulate the planet is a fact. He said so himself. His Foundation was once called the "Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population Control."
What would transport mean in a Net Zero environment? Electric vehicles? Let's look at the sustainability of electric cars. The French government bought all these electric cars for their government departments. When it was time to replace the batteries they realized it was too expensive. No landfill would except them, so there they are.

To make a typical electric car battery you need:
25 pounds of lithium
60 pounds of nickel
44 pounds of manganese
30 pounds of cobalt
200 pounds of copper
400 pounds of aluminum, steel and plastic
Very expensive. Not sustainable at all.
Let's go to "the narrative." As a scientist, if you do not follow a certain narrative, will you really think the person will receive grants or be appointed to work at a prestigious university? Two additional examples come to mind. If you are a creationist (anti-evolution) or believe that the book of Daniel was written in the time of the Babylonians you will struggle to get work in most universities or seminaries? If you are against m-RNA gene therappy will you be able to find work at a university hospital? All these are heavily sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry, especially Pfizer.
Back to sea ice. As you might have noticed from the graphs, there's certain fluctuations. The sea ice deteriorated for the last few decades, but is now picking up again. Nothing out of the ordinary. So what happened? Nature is following its course irrespective of man's activities. CO2 has nothing to do with it.