Reply #3: You're right.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

We need to solve the energy problem, but for too many of us, none of the short term solutions are viable. Drilling has an environmental impact. Nuclear energy has an environmental impact. Coal mining has an environmental impact. There's just no current way around it on a massive scale.

I very firmly believe we need to invest heavily into finding alternatives, but until that time comes, we've got to either pick something that we can do here or rely on other countries to supply us with fuel. There's not another solution. Might as well create some jobs while we're at it.