What would those long term cost be? I think most reasonable people would agree human contribute to increase of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Pollution from extraction, leakage, and burning.
Loss of land area due to greenhouse effect. Same goes for food production capacity, etc.[/quote]What about leakage of nuclear plant?
What about loss of land due to leakage of nuclear (3 miles island)?
Food production capacity? Easily solved w/ tech (cloning and GMO).
Now, what about the many other products that uses oil, like plastic? What would replace those?