Okay, good. But let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. We have yet to find anything that will substantially replace fossil fuels. And many of the alternatives that we have found have their own problems regarding the environment.

Solar energy has the least impact but is only good when the sun is shining. (Even in Florida it can be cloudy for several days at a time.) Electric cars have to be plugged in to get energy derived from fossil fuels. Wind energy kills birds and bats.

What happened to energy derived from ocean currents? They've been working on it for a long time but no word on that yet.

My point: Let's not punish the use of fossil fuels until we have something substantial to replace them with. We get affordable home-energy here in central Florida because of coal, oil and gas.

I'm not off topic, I'm just commenting on something that has already been said. :)

That's why I said viable alternative. And mainly I was talking about replacement for gasoline in our cars in response to Gracie's comment about the pipeline. We stop working seriously on that every time we find another source of oil. Again, viable. Not something that creates more problems than it solves.

Tesla is building a five billion dollar plant in Reno to mass produce batteries making electric cars affordable. Tesla has figured out how to make them fast and also go as far as a tank of gas on a charge. Panasonic has also bought into this.

Hi Chi Town: I secured the information from a you tube video sent to me e-mail but apparently I deleted it and can't confirm or deny. So I defer to your stats. However regardless of the population stats Muslims were marching and demanding Sharia Law. My apology if I misdirected information it was not my intent

If they want Sharia Law either work through the courts or go somewhere that has it. Sharia Law is so far from our fundamental beliefs and rights that those pushing it here are beyond assimilation into our society.

Breaking news.
 

French tourist beheaded by Islamic extremists.

http://news.msn.com/world/algerian-e...french-hostage

Don't like hot dogs and the nitrates are bad for you!

I agree ... at some point this becomes ludicrous. If you move (legally or illegally) to the US, you abide by our laws and while you're at it, learn to speak English.

If you want Sharia law, keep your sorry b*** out of here. It's that simple.

And we should mind our own business.--

Just out of curiosity, how would you define "minding our own business" in the current context?