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I'm no great shakes at philosophy
Sorry.

Wasn't sure, sorry 

Oh, I am going to regret this....

Drilling massive holes in the ground and releasing thousands of tons of hydrocarbons does have a negative effect on the environment. Look at any oilfield; they're generally pretty lifeless. Drilling at home would reduce demand for foreign oil for a time, but there's no way to know if it would actually be cheaper. American workers would probably be paid higher wages, and the oil companies would probably use that as an excuse to keep gas prices high. Of course, that's conjecture, so things may turn out differently.

Environmentalist science may well be bought and paid for. I'm not here to discuss whether it is or not. The question is, do you honestly believe that the oil companies aren't capable of spending much more to get the results they want?

Here's the thing about the world and economics: Money and power is fleeting. The world has been around for billions of years, and if we don't want to turn it into a lifeless rock we need to take care of it. You can't argue that humanity has no effect on the world when we've driven countless species to extinction and devastate vast swathes of land and ocean with oil and chemical spills. We need to get cleaner, and that means less oil and gas.

The economy, however, doesn't have to suffer very much. Huge strides are being made in alternative sources of energy, and those new industries create jobs, creating wealth, thus keeping the flow of money moving and revitalizing the economy. It will be difficult and costly to turn away from (or at least drastically reduce our use of) fossil fuels, but the sooner we get it done the better off we and the Earth will be.

As for alternative sources, they are many, though they can't be used in all areas. Here in California, take a drive down any hill or country road and you're likely to see a few dozen/hundred wind turbines. I don't know how much power they actually provide, but I'm sure they help. Keeping them maintained and in good shape likely also employs a good number of people.
Again, speaking from local experience, there is solar power. There's a small company just a few miles away from my house that sells solar power systems to local homes. In the right climate zones, these can more than power a house.
Finally, the monster in the closet that few politicians will talk about, we've got nuclear power. It produces no carbon emissions and provides lots of power. Storing the spent fuel, however, is still a problem. The sooner we find a solution, the better, and we'd need to devote lots of time and money.

The real answer though is that we don't need to quit fossil fuels cold-turkey. We need to expand alternate , renewable sources so that we consume less oil. There's always gonna be some places where the best source of power and heat is an old-fashioned power plant, but if we can cut down on those carbon sources we'll be much better in the long run.

Here's the thing: I don't want to destroy Mass Effect. It's been my favorite sci-fi universe since Star Wars, and considering the amount of science fiction I read, write, or play games of that's saying something. I wouldn't mind the series being under different management, but I'd prefer it if the franchise stuck around for a while longer.

Granted. You become a boring invincible hero. You are shunned by society and forgotten by history.

I wish people would stop attempting to cheat by adding all sorts of conditions to their wish.

They all get nuked.

I wish people were forbidden from making stupid duplicate wishes.

That cat seems to be breathing kinda heavily 

Rage/WTF: I leave a rather long Youtube video loading while I do some homework, nothing else downloading or whatever. I come back an hour later and find that less than two minutes have loaded. FFFFFFFF-

I don't have Zaeed or Kasumi. In fact, I don't have any DLCs