Here's the problem I have with the Global Warming / Climate Change argument... People are arguing over minutae that shouldn't matter.

IMO, you should be pushing for action where there is common ground.

1) Fossil fuels, while not exactly running out, are past the point where we can get them cheaply. There are so many things made from petrochemicals (like, specifically, plastic) that, in the long term, it almost seems like a waste to be using the stuff to go to the store.

2) Renewables are, in the long run, cheaper. Only in the US can we make wind, hydro and solar more expensive than $100/bbl oil. There's something wrong with that. Now we're treating energy like we treat health care and that is NOT a good thing.

3) Remember the trade deficit? Is there some reason we should be sending so much money overseas to people who want to kill us?

IMO, the debate should be phrased more in the frame of National Security. We can find a LOT more common ground there than we can if we're arguing over who's scientist does or doesn't have an agenda. We KNOW the agenda of many in the Middle East.

And, just for good measure, I'd really like to know if fracking is safe or dangerous. Were the people who have contaminated water systems victims of poor implementation of fracking, or is it really as bad as some would have us believe?