Great article! Thanks for letting me be a part of this project :)
As a (soon to be) geophysicist, I couldn't agree more. We need to make decisions that are based on science, not ideology.
So rather than making us believe that fossil fuels are evil and renewable energy sources are the real deal, more funds should be pumped into research and development to ensure a better utilization of both resources – renewable and non-renewable..
As for the human future - I have high hopes for virtual reality and the possibility of uploading the human mind and hence eradicating the need for a biological body. Uploading humanity to a computer will solve a lot of today's issues; disease, death, the need of a habitable planet, pollution +++ Of course, a lot of questions will have to be answered before that even becomes a possibility. For instance, what is consciousness?