Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
My concern is that this mentality can be carried to an extreme also. Think about it. Those who oppose any kind of environmental responsibility can now use "Climategate" as a crutch to do whatever the hell they please with the environment, with energy sources, and with all natural resources. And IMO that's not healthy either.

I know I get accused of "fence-straddling" for taking the middle ground. But this is yet another topic where either extreme is harmful. Being an alarmist who goes running out into the street yelling "The sky's falling! The sky's falling!"...... is just as bad as those who drill, extract, cut down, squeeze, and pollute the shit out of everything in their path because, what the hell..... THEY won't be around in another 50 years.
Who wants to do that? Companies want to drill and do so responsibly why do they get hamstrung by what MIGHT happen? I guess I shouldn't do my job because I MIGHT mess up and get sued, let's collectively never take another chance ever again because that's how big things happen after all