Grist: For the past decade Ive been a participant in a high-stakes energy policy debate - writing books, giving lectures, and appearing on radio and television to point out how downright dumb it is for America to continue relying on fossil fuels. Oil, coal, and natural gas are finite and depleting, and burning them changes Earths climate and compromises our future.
In the past two or three years this debate has reached a significant turning point. Evidence that climate change is real and caused by...