Literally nobody is against that, but if it were that easy to just change then we would. There are countless people already on that race and eventually we will evolve to more and more clean energy. The real issue is the attempt to force oil production to stop NOW because the earth will die in 12 years.So, I'm a contrarian on this, but not the usual kind. I don't see climate change as some kind of left-wing conspiracy. In fact I can't figure out why it's not considered a right-wing movement. That's because, climate change, which is becoming increasingly real to people around the world, is creating one of the biggest business opportunities to come along since the industrial revolution. News reports this week from India and China make it crystal clear that pollution there is a serious problem - worse than LA in the 60's - and they'll have to spend what it takes to fix it. It's going to take an enormous (mostly private sector profit-seeking) investment to move the entire energy economy to a zero-carbon future over the next fifty years or so. It was going to happen eventually anyway - the world's fossil fuel supply isn't infinite in any case, so it's always been just a matter of when.
The question is - who's going to benefit the most - who gets the double win of a clean environment and the world-leading industry that achieved it? Historically, the USA has benefited enormously from taking the lead in other industrial upheavals. If you think about the massive investment made by the US taxpayers in digital communications - military applications mostly - and the way that those investments have created a global leadership position in cell phones and mobile devices, it's hard to argue that the investment was wasted. Yet, here we are with folks arguing that the US should ease up on its climate change agenda and effectively stand aside on new energy and other low-carbon technologies and let other countries take charge and lead the way. It's baffling that Americans seem to want the world leading companies and the jobs that go with them to be built outside the USA.
It makes no sense to me.
Like the whole pipline fiasco we have here in BC. The left is simply using it as a scare tactic for votes.