Energy independence and freedom

I have written a great deal about energy from the climate change perspective. This has roused, from time to time, the ire of climate change deniers, who have often not bothered to read my views but argue against opinions that I do not hold. However, in all the arguments of those that think that climate change is nonsense and deny it, or those that hold it to be a no more than a trick for climate change researchers to get tax dollars, there are two points that their arguments overlook; the first is that traditional fuel supplies are finite and when they are exhausted there will be no more fuel and the second point is the desirability of energy security.