[moogly]

> Lots of people think we would have been better of in an alternate universe where we never discovered oil & gas.

Who? Other than strawmen, I mean.

[tordrt]

Man, come on.. There are even at least two comments from people in this thread arguing this exact point. Ill promise you its frequency is even higher in the real world than on HN.

You must not be very much exposed to the environmental movement, or be much online, if you havent seen this.

[moogly]

Yeah maybe I'm out of touch.