Version 1:
- The world is going to end real soon
- they expect to be raptured away to Heaven
- God put stuff on the earth for us to use up before the rapture
Version 2:
- Somebody else is going to suffer because of the environmental damage
- Hurting other people shows how masculine and powerful I am
- I profit from the damage
- Damage = good
He'll spout words, likely ones which make it clear he's going to make good on his side of the oil industry's billion-dollar bribe.
Making that clear to people is likely a big deal