James,

It is selfish. What would you call it if you didn't look out for the needs of your daughter? Neglect? Selfish? Yeah, it is.

There are a lot of people willing to give up stuff. There are a lot of people that don't agree with you, and it doesn't make them wrong. Live the way you want to live, I'm not telling you what to do.

We've done things people said we wouldn't be able to do. I'm hopeful we'll find a solution. It may take a century, but I'm hopeful it'll happen. Hey, it has to happen at some point, because we will run out.

As you say yourself, don't tell me about pixie dust and unicorns. That's right, there's no magic pill and nobody is going to magically make more coal and oil appear from nowhere. So it will change, we probably won't be here to see it, but it will happen. In typical American fashion we'll find a fix when we're in crisis.

Sticking your head in the sand is just as bad as believing solar and wind will fix the problem. It's just on the opposite end of the spectrum.