@Derek Caelin is writing a book

Doesn't everyone affected by the Ring engage in some kind of denial?  The entire idea that maybe there's a way of preserving the Ring while defeating Sauron seems like a pretty tidy analogy for the idea that maybe we can avoid confronting climate change.

Examples from the book: Isildur, Boromir, Smeagol.

Currently re-reading _The Two Towers_, and just finished "The Black Gate is Closed," where Smeagol says, "Don't take the Precious to Him!  He'll eat us all, if He gets it, eat all the world.  Keep it, nice master, and be kind to Smeagol.  Or go away, to nice places, and give it back to little Smeagol.  Yes, yes, master give it back, eh?  Smeagol will keep it safe; he will do lots of good, especially to nice hobbits."