I will! My impression is that the new technology being talked about is an improvement. Until proven not to be the case, I'll attempt to remain optimistic.
Countries will be FORCED to address the environmental impact of industrialization anyways. China for example is investing tens of billions in green technology and it is not because of global warming or the declining population of polar bears, they are doing it because it is an absolute necessity for them to clean up their environment from the toxic waste they are producing, on the ground and in the air. Producing green technology may not be the USA's highest priority, but rest assured the Asian powers are aware of the fact that they are choking themselves to death, and judging by what I have been reading and hearing China is waaaaay ahead of us on R&D of greener technologies. I think Americans are mostly on board too, but one dream of mine is America transforming its entire transportation fleet to gas or some other fuel that is readily available somewhere in North America. Perhaps we should follow Brazil's lead in this regard, although ethanol is likely not the answer we are looking for.
I didn't know that about shale. I'll have to look that up. Nothing comes without any impact, of course. The problem is to compare the available solutions and pick the best one.
So because it's a finite resource, we shouldn't be interested in it? You'd like to go ahead and just enter your supposed "panic" mode now and "get it over with due to some aversion to perceived "lethargy?" Anything that provides us viable and responsible options until we can develop sustainable resources to provide for the demand of energy in the modern era should be a good thing, right?
