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I am not concerned about how much oil we have in the U.S. and how many years before we consume it all. I've read that we have enough to last at least 500 years, if that information is correct. If we do not have an alternative fuel for energy by then, oh well. We know that combustion engines can operate on other fuels produced by organics such as corn, etc. But, in 500 years surely someone can come up with another form of energy.
So, then we talk of pollution. That is a good subject and one that we have been addressing for a long time. We have substantially cleaned up our air since I was a child. I haven't been to a major city in a long time that has had the viability limitations and breathing difficulty (in the U.S.) that we had when I was a child. Steps in the right direction. Pat ourselves on the back for that.
Climate change? Historical data suggests that the climate has always changed, hot to cold to hot to cold again. What makes folks so arrogant to suggest that they had ANYTHING to do with changing our climate? The climate has changed without the existence of mankind and will continue to change after man is gone. The only climate change that I can see man contributing to is the cost of living now is harder on us than it was in the past, due to someone else taking our money to use to support useless research that has absolutely no benefit to us. Does anyone think that by taking away one's livelihood and/or lowering our standard of living, it's going to make us more willing to accept something that "experts" say will have an effect on us in a couple centuries? Oh yes, some supposed celebrity "experts" declare the world will end in ten years or so. If so, why worry about changing? Personally, I have not read anything that really supports the idea that man has or can change the temperatures of the world, other than temporarily using a nuclear detonation to cause a "nuclear winter." Showing the existence of man thus warmer weather patterns is like saying the increase in fast foods has decreased the population of deer in the world. I have even heard crazies suggest that global warming has caused colder winters. When will the crazies suggest that climate change is causing a lowering of mankind's population? Perhaps we will become extinct because it will become too hot for reproduction? Crazy?
Some sensible folks have suggested that we do research new forms of energy but that we do not ban existing forms before we discover new methods that are financially viable. Common sense idea? How about ideas like revisiting forms of mass transit?
No one disputes the term "Climate Change." But, the debate is whether or not man is responsible or not. I believe that the climate will change whether or not man exists. I read the debates, but have yet to be convinced. Just because someone has credentials, does not make that person 100% accurate 100% of the time.