The real problem of course is simply that most people like the short term benefits of fossil fuels and will not support measures that significantly reduce those benefits. (cliscep.com)
Republicans are a little more pragmatic about the current benefits of fossil fuels for today. (politics.stackexchange.com)
In a fundraising letter obtained by DeSmog before the conference, Fred Palmer had promoted the event as having the goal to «review the scientific and economic evidence that exposes the fraud inherent in the Obama - era regulation regime» while discussing «the overwhelming benefits of fossil fuels to us all.» (desmogblog.com)