Global Warming-Politics vs. Policy

Yes, it's time to post on this debate after reading the ever increasing attacks on science. First lets do a little house cleaning. Global climate is changing, both sides of the debate agree. Most scientist believe that mankind is contributing, some scientist disagree. Climate change is cyclical by nature due to many aspects of our position in the solar system and our very planet itself.
If you disagree with the above, you should probably quit reading right now. If you don't understand the difference between weather and climate, you really need to quit reading.
Oil has been a commodity that has caused destruction in the name of war and pollution since it's first use on a large scale. Coal hasn't been the cause of any wars but the pollution and environmental destruction is vast. Entire mountains have disappeared in West Virginia and Virginia and the resulting runoff from mining has made undrinkable water for many thousands of people. While locally we have very good fishing, you can't eat very much of it because of Mercury levels that are toxic as the result of coal fired power plants hundreds of miles away,( yes I know we have many other upstream river industries that contribute toxins as well). I enjoy catching and eating fish. To me, that is at least 1 good reason to look for alternate ways to fuel our economy.
Another good reason to find alternate fuels is that allot of the money that finances terrorism comes from the American consumption of oil. In other words, we are funding our enemies both in Venezuela and the Middle East.
Whatever your politics on global warming is, I would like to think that we have reason enough to alter our ways just for the above 2 reasons. I looked into buying a 60k wind generator naively thinking I would get a return on my investment in 18 years. Little did I know that while I pay 10.1 cents per KWH (retail rate), I would only receive 3.4 cents per KWH (wholesale). This really impacted my decision to buy a locally manufactured wind turbine, without a tax incentive and being able to spin my meter backwards at times, it increased my time for payback to almost 30 years. It would increase the value of my property but I plan on dying on this piece of dirt I own. By the way I'm not a rich man, so I don't have 60k just laying around but I am a business man and I know what a good investment is.
Every 5th grader can tell you that the assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinand started WW1, but what they can't tell you is that this is the same time that the Orient Express was just about to be completed connecting Asia to Europe through the Middle East. The first British regiment was not shipped to Europe, it was sent to Basra, in what is now Iraq to protect newly secured oil fields. So why did I offer my little version of history? Because I would like to learn from it. Let none kid you, oil has been one resource that many nations have fought for. How many American bomber pilots died in WW2 trying to bomb Romanian oil fields that Hitler controlled? Why are we in Iraq and not Cuba or North Korea? The same reason the Brits did in WW1, for national interests, OIL!
To sum it up, I would like to eat the fish I catch and I don't want to fund terrorist. To this simple man, that's good enough reason to get on board with global warming crowd and find new ways to supply our energy needs.