Diesel has gone up from $2 a gallon to over $5.50 a gallon, gasoline from $1.71 a gallon to over $4.00 a gallon in the brief time since the Keystone pipeline project was canceled by an executive order from the president. There is a lot of knowledge about cleaning up pipeline leaks or spills, and it is always quickly done these days, and clean-up technology has improved significantly since BP’s careless gulf spill, pipeline leaks and spills are not as damaging as they once were. If you think canceling the pipeline with an executive order almost immediately after taking office was a clever idea, you are in the small minority. None of your elitist comrades know anything about it either. Ignorance is cured with education; stupid is forever and to date has no cure. Scientists have been studying climate change for many years, and why it is happening. As you intelligent non-politicians know, our globe has been through several climate change cycles over the billions of years of its existence. Humans have only recently assisted the changes. Our country is not the only country polluting the atmosphere, but political activists act like we can solve climate change but switch to alternate sources of energy. It is an innovative idea to always be looking for ways to improve our atmosphere, but some ideas floating around are not well thought out. Current issues like digital infrastructure attacks could upset these innovative ideas. Fossil fuels generate most of our electricity. We might gradually move to the alternate sources but is it a promising idea to do it willy-nilly immediately. No! It is better to gradually change as technology advances. Internal combustion engines are only a part of the problem. The most damaging human things are global overpopulation, deforestation, and the poisoning of our oceans with garbage and rust belt chemicals. These pollutants kill the plankton, which are the largest carbon eaters on earth. Oh, yes! I forgot the sphagnum moss oil-eating plants have been used successfully to clean up pipeline spills. There is no doubt the burning of petroleum products contributes to air pollution in crowded like big cities. areas that are griping about petrol pollution and throwing away plastic made from petroleum contribute to the garbage issue, but natural climate change and changes to our solar system are way bigger. Let’s not forget to consider our friends in Russia, China, and the other major polluters in the equation. They are bigger polluters than America. They have factories, cars, buses, planes, trains, and other vehicles just like America. I am not sure how the “Green New Deal” (GND) demands in America will get other polluting countries to destroy their economies like America seems to be doing by making everything run on electricity. I wonder if they know the statistics on how the electricity for all the electric devices gets generated. Since they seem to know little about anything, my guess is they haven’t got a clue. Without fossil fuels to generate electricity electric vehicles will not run. Do the GND pushers know about CNG busses, mail trucks, cars, or any other vehicles that cleanly run on compressed natural gas? Again, the answer is no. It appears they think electricity magically all comes from hydroelectric dams, solar panels, and windmills a little, but not enough. T-Boone Pickens said: The worst investment I ever made was in building windmills to generate electricity. The blades wear out quickly, are expensive to replace, and are a huge pollutant to bury. I recently saw an article about using those old windmill blades to build the structural components of walking and driving bridges. Politicians need to learn how to compromise and slowly change with scientific advances in stopping pollution. I have trouble finding ideas have they ever had that work for us and not just for them to get reelected and line their pocketbooks. Fortunately, logical, and new mitigation techniques are rapidly being developed for the issues before idiot politicians destroy the economy of our globe. Maybe we should realize our population needs petroleum until new feasible mitigation methods are developed. Many efforts are going on today, but AOC and her severely uneducated goobers keep their loud uneducated voices in the media spotlight. They need to be educated before their stupidity destroys the American and global economies. Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, the Dakotas, and even California can develop enough energy to power our part of the world when stupid people get elected to decision-making offices. Possibly we are the stupid people since we continue to reelect them even though we know they are out only for themselves. I say let’s vote the rascals out of the office and replace them with people who have actually held a job before running for their first elected office.