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Originally Posted by August
Quite understandable and you certainly wouldn't be alone in doing just that, but just remember that you still have a stake in the argument as your cost of living that life will be directly and majorly affected by which ever side ultimately prevails.
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The side that prevails isn't that important. Fact is there will be costs no matter who "wins" in the end (I don't think that any side will win, simply because the members of the other simply will ignore all the evidence presented to them). In the end you might end up spending for "saving the planet" in advance (now) or you will end up spending for cleaning up the mess of pollution later (not just because of global warming but because of pollution in general and excessive fossil energy consumption throughout the world).
So either way we will have to change something and it will cost us. There simply is no keeping status quo, at least not unless someone finds a way to power our cars and planes with an endlessly available, clean and cheap fuel.
We will have to adopt to new technology to get away from oil before it gets unaffordable no matter whether you believe in Global Warming or not. It will also make us more independent from some rather unstable regions in the world that are making fortunes in delivering oil to us right now.