RE:The elephant in the room This arguemnt of " yes its good for the people but at what cost" is overplayed and lazy to be honest. Why does any enviromentalist group get the right to suggest an entire population and economy should be held down and the opprotunity of cheap energy should be withheld from them? The Modern and Developed first world nations were built on cheap energy, and now that we did it irresponsibly we are trying to withhold other nations from pulling themsselves our of that poverty rather than teaching them what we've learned and helping develope in a sustainable way
Fossil Fuel develpment can be done responsibly.