I can only assume that if people had listened to the Gwyn Morgans of the past we'd still have horse drawn buggies on the streets and fireplaces for heating and cooking. No one is denying how the fossil fuel industry has worked, some of us recognize that we can continue to improve and do better.  There is no need to be stuck with last century's energy technology.   As it is most of the developing world will have new tech - cell phones, solar and wind power, etc while the current developed countries become old throwbacks.  Example: old world buildings in Europe without indoor plumbing, central heating, wiring of any sort compared to a new modern America in the 1950's.  Is that really what we want for our future - to be behind what the rest of the world is able to do? Looking always to the past doesn't allow us to move forward well.  There are always dying industries.  Our politicians would better aid average workers by putting policies in place to transition them, not  prop up industries