The high cost of oil is driving the public and politicians to adopt policies that the environmentalist movement has opposed for the past 40 years.
Paul Kennedy is listing the multiple global reversals in reaction to global warming and even despite of it:

The major return of many governments to nuclear power - with dozens of new [...]

By Somini Sengupta (The New York Times)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008
The rising price of fuel and commodities have been especially painful for India and threaten to undermine the rapid growth of its economy.

By Amelia Gentleman (International Herald Tribune)
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008
In a wealthy area of New Delhi , the flower sellers struggle to eat