I'm not trying to persuade anyone. Others may be. I just want to tease out the comments of anyone willing to make them public. However, I see this sort of discussion all the time, and it looks to me that it consists of three factions.

(1) the folks who will drive what they want, burn what they want, and waste what they want, regardless of the the consequences to anyone, even to themselves. They're like tobacco users, alcoholics, and religious fanatics.

(2) The majority of us, who don't really know for certain what the effects of human activity on the environment will be, but aren't willing to risk the destruction of what can be saved from it, particularly since the ill-effects aren't just visited upon us, but on future generations as well. We may not know all we need to know, but we try to act responsibly.

(3) the folks who believe as most of us do that burning vast quantities of coal and petroleum, will ultimately destroy the environment as we know it, and take a great toll on future generations. They argue and deny ad nauseum, trying to justify their selfish and shortsighted unwillingness to behave resposibly.

There is a fourth class, hardly worthy of mention. They're the ones too feeble-minded or uninformed to fit in any of the above categories.

RE