text: I don't know if you have noticed, but in a democracy we support all aspects of society through our taxes. I might resent money spent on the military industrial complex or on English/Vietnamese translators who don't understand the language they are expected to translate, but I pay my taxes none the less.It becomes far less controversial on concepts that benefit all of the commons, such as moving toward non-polluting energy sources that will decrease health concerns and will cause far fewer disruptions to communities by oil spills or extraction methods which destroy entire ecosystems such as coal extraction. Even if you don't believe CO2 is a pollutant, there are plenty of other pollutants and health threats associated with fossil fuel production and consumption.