Alternative Energy?
I’ve read reports that by 2030, 115 million barrels of oil need to be produced to the meet the increase needs of China and India.
This particular author advocated highly for alternative energies.
However, I read another source, where the argument was that alternative energies were just as harmful to the environment.
It is clear that the stifling need of fuels from over-populated India and China pose a large challenge, but is alternative energy the answer? Is there really enough oil to last us at least a century as some sources suggest? It’s difficult to get the truth from so many differing biases on our economy and fuel-usage.
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The oil is running out and there is no question about that. It won’t suddenly run out one day and that is the end of it. It will get more difficult to extract and so you will see the price rise steadily. No doubt there will be more wars about oil as it gets more scarce. Eventually people will have to switch to something renewable just because they can no longer afford oil.
All there is is oil and alternatives to oil.
It will not last 100 years unless we use the alternatives.
I hope we run out of oil very soon. If we keep on driving these machines all day long, we will ruin our home (earth). The sun gives us all the energy we need to survive.
don’t count on oil meeting your long term demands. I don’t know who told you alternatives are just as bad. Wind energy, for example, has no pollution emissions. Ethanol emits about 10% of the greenhouse gasses that gasoline does.
Most experts agree that we are currently into peak production, meaning we are basically depleating our usable oil reserves.
There is a large amount of shale oil, but at this time with all the advanced technology, it still costs more energy to drill it than it produces.
There are many practical other means of energy resources, but the average consumer must start to demand them.
Both of the things you read is probably true.
but dont you think they are bias a little?
there is probably just enough to squeeze us through 100 years.
but whats going to happen after then..? or even before if the demand is higher.
alternative energy wont be very good for then if it is not set up soon.
harnessing the powers of nature has been done for thousands of years.
the uk is surrounded by sea.
america gets lots of sun and wind.
we could make it last longer if we used them both.
at least untill a good clean system is set up.
the trick is seeing past the exaggerations and making your own decision. or read both biases and fid a middle ground.
Depends on the alternative that you are talking about. I have also seen that. But always check the source… were the authors tied to the oil industry; somehow?!
I was watching something about this on discovery and they were saying that there are solid natural gases locked under the oceans that will meet our energy needs when we use up the oil.
I think that economics have a huge influence on why we are not able to get away from oil today. The technologies are out there, acceptance and adoption are another story. But with things like the new fuel cells (that just emit water) coming out… at least we are making some progress.
However, I would really like to see technological improvements in solar generated power… plenty of free energy hitting us every day! “If only there was a way that we could channel that power into the flux capacitor!”