Long story short: we need to ween ourselves off fossil fuels now.  We can't keep our heads in the sand and pretend these activities don't have a significant impact.  This is so much bigger then any financial considerations, this is about setting the only planet we have to live on on an irreversible trajectory towards being uninhabitable.  As consumers we need to start demanding more electric cars and trucks, the tech is here and the prices are dropping.  Here in Anchorage if we accelerated the development tidal power generation Cook inlet could provide us non-stop power forever without any concern about running out.  Between, wind, tides, geothermal, and yes - even solar we have the potential to develop enough power for AK with enough leftover to sell off (if there is a market).