[peddamat]

It is astounding how OPs generally decent point was completely derailed because he made the misstep of limiting the scope of his ire to oil. This is so common in online discussions that I wish there was a way to 'rewind' and restart a discussion after making a correction.

[jassyr]

I think people are amused by the irony of the original post arguing semantics and then proposing an equally poor solution.

[activiation]

At least oil is part of the problem... While climate change is just a consequence of many problems.

Actually, I'm probably wrong.... Too many people might be the root of the problem.

And that might be wrong too... Maybe it's just one more cycle Earth has to go through.

[jassyr]

In my experience, people only rally around a problem when faced with an immediate problem. It's probably irrelevant how you frame the issue because nothing will be done until it's juuuust about too late. The good news is humans are highly adaptable, the bad news is other species will suffer.