[MMaschin]

The left will never allow this to happen, as Paul Ehrlich once said - "giving society cheap energy, is like giving an idiot child a machine gun!".

Environmentalists believe that energy, and a higher standard of living results in increased population, and that the one true environmental issue - too many damn people. That is the true purpose behind the push to regulate CO2, increase the cost of energy.

[Straight Vermonter]

Environmentalists believe that energy, and a higher standard of living results in increased population, and that the one true environmental issue - too many damn people.

Recent history shows that in fact this happens only until society reaches a position of real "comfort" and then the rate of growth turns negative.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Malthusian cloaked misanthropes like Ehrlich are likely less worried about cheap energy now that Ebola (thanks CDC) seems to be on track to depopulate in the billions. Megalomaniacs like their comforts too.

[TomasUSMC]

WELL SAID