[JonEintheD]

Personally, I can't understand how you think the planet will be fine as we continue to overuse and overconsume products, and make longer and longer daily commutes every year.

Most of the time, people will crumble- there is no significant data. We haven't been around long enough. There is enough time for data to be adequately compiled. I will believe when there is more than 10 or 50 years of data.

What if we wait. for 100 or 1000 or 10000 years. However long it takes.
Then- what if your wrong, and global warming is a reality.
That would mean we let 100/1000/10000 years of pollution happen to satisfy YOUR need for more empirical evidence.

What's the alternative,
we cut down our dependency on fossil fuels, and take steps that have been suggested by an entire multitude of scientists, and scientific organizations, and continue to collect more scientific data.
What is the harm then.
We have cleaner air and water.
The major manufacturer's take a economic hit in trying to comply with updated National Ambient Air Quality Standards, which is usually mitigated by the cap and trade system.
We have cars that are ridiculously fuel efficient- we cut down our foreign dependency on oil. Pretty much the oil companies take a hit.We are no longer at war in IRAQ, we could provide humane support to developing countries, rather than exploiting them.
We don't have to cut mountaintops off to harvest them for coal.

the point is its not a damned if we do damned if we don't -
I think its more of a damned if we don't and better off if we do.