[snowrip]

Our problem seems to be that the current coalition of radical environmentalists, "Peak-Oil" and "Fossil-Fuel" pessimists, and the political Left are unwilling to step down their rhetoric long enough to look rationally at some real world empirical results.

When has the extreme left ever been able to even fathom the existence of empirical data, let alone accept it. See my tagline...

[nh1]

The 'Peak-oil' and 'fossil-fuel' pessimists couldn't be wrong, they must be drilling so deep they're going right through the earth's core and tapping the Middle East oil fields.