There are numerous translations of the Bible, many of which are translated from the King James Version.
King James hired the very best interpreters, to interpret all the biblical texts that were available. I therefore choose to use the KJV for the most accurate interpretation.
My exegesis as you call it is based on the KJV, along with modern day events, which is what much of what the book of Revelation is about.
Common sense, is a basic understanding, that if what is going on in the environment today correlates with what is described in Revelation 8, which Revelation 9:20 KJV attributes to the love mankind has for the things his hands produce; then I realize that the cause for the destruction of one third of earth's environment in Revelation 8 is due to fossil fuel burning industries.