[Lokutus]

Every Republican I talk to states emphatically that there's nothing to worry about.

We won't run out of oil for at least 100 years.

Global warming is a hippie treehugger lie.

Now what if this guys turn out to be right about it all?

Won't we have egg on our collective face?

[Lokutus]

One more thing. All claims of environmental damage are liberal lies according to my Republican associates.

Why do libbies hate our freedumbs?

[seahorse2]

Don't ask, what if they're right, ask yourself, what if they're wrong? The truth is never about what the majority believes or doesn't believe. You will never arrive at the truth if the fear of getting egg on your face so paralyzes you that you cannot take the first step in seeking it.

However, it doesn't matter what we might say or what the Republicans might say, the truth will remain the same regardless what anyone says. You have to be willing to find that truth. That ultimately means you will have to read and understand the issue, and make your own decision. Until you do that, you will never believe in anything, you will never be sure of anything, you will always worry about getting egg on your face.

The fact that you are worried about getting egg on your face means you are a follower. That's okay, most people are. If you only find comfort in being surrounded by like minded people, join the Republicans. If someday it looks like they were wrong, join the other side. That way, you are comforted no matter what happens. You will always be in the majority.

[DoctorDoom]

Not likely they'll be proven right.

But how about the counterpoint: every Democrat I know thinks we can solve all our problems by conserving and/or moving to solar/wind/biomass power and/or going back to a utopian agrarian lifestyle. They all think nuclear power is evil, dangerous, has unsolvable waste problems, etc. The result: we keep burning coal, with it's own well-known and far worse environmental problems including global warming.

Actually neither caricature is correct. I know many Republicans who are worried about energy supplied and global warming. And I know at least a few Democrats (like my mom!) that are ready for nukes or whatever we need to do to get off fossil fuels.

Truth is both parties have their heads in the sand on the energy issue.

[killJOY]

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We won't run out of oil for at least 100 years.

Global warming is a hippie treehugger lie.

[Lokutus]

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The fact that you are worried about getting egg on your face means you are a follower.