Sarah, you ride a bicycle everywhere you go even in the winter yes? Or you drive an electric car? And your home is solar heated yes? No? Then you are whistling to the wind. The production of fossil fuels allows for transportation, agriculture, economic health, and a untold myriad of other benefits. Yes there are environmental drawbacks, but if your tree hugger bunny loving mentality prevailed we would all be living in huts and riding horses and eating grass!