That's the conclusion that a sufficiently advanced intelligence would draw from our behaviors. People act at odds to their stated and felt goals all the time, that's why "self control" is meaningful as a skill that different people have to different degrees.
The conclusion I draw from people attending climate conferences and flying is that we as a population care about preserving the environment and want the freedom to travel easily. Hopefully the AI could invent for us low impact travel methods and geoengineering to keep the environment in the ideal state.
