[standardUser]

You could say the same about fossil fuels, moreso perhaps, but we don't, because that would be pedantic.

[Jolter]

Well, there’s no need to be pedantic about that particular point, because nobody put fossil fuels on the list of human progress.

[BurningFrog]

I've seen estimates that world population would be billions fewer without fossil fuels.

They have big costs, but also big benefits.

[onraglanroad]

I've seen estimates that the curvature of the world is zero. I'm not obliged to believe every estimate I read.