Not looking for some big argument. That said, I work for an energy company that deals in oil, gas, and coal in WV, PA, OH, TX. I work in the division that actually finds how many deposits of each resource that we have ownership over and put a value to it. Part of the job is also having to deal with future projections. Even the guys that are on our payroll acknowledge that man made global warming is real. They have every reason to not have that opinion because it could definitely cut into revenue of the company that employs them. They aren't partisan. If anything, they have every reason to ignore data to keep the money train rolling along. I trust these guys because they have never steered us wrong.

 

Where they do differ from most of the climate science community is that they acknowledge that man is involved but they don't think there is squat to do about it. We could make all sorts of environmental regs here but you won't convince the third world that wants to rise up to 2nd and 1st world living standards to just up and stop using fossil fuels. India and China are proof of this. That doesn't even take into consideration the other emerging economies.

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