When all the believers in Jesus Christ, who have been born again, are taken up to heaven what becomes of the physical Earth will be of no importance. Oil profits benefit GWB's world now. What happens after the Rapture is of no consequence.
James Watt told the U.S. Congress that protecting natural resources was unimportant in light of the imminent return of Jesus Christ. In public testimony he said, "after the last tree is felled, Christ will come back." Millions of Christian fundamentalists believe that environmental destruction is not only to be disregarded but actually welcomed – even hastened – as a sign of the coming apocalypse. Why care about global climate change when you and yours will be rescued in the rapture?