David S
Junior Chimp
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« on: November 21, 2005, 05:44:08 PM » |
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Personally I don't think we will run out of fuel anytime soon, although the cost of fuel may go up. There are many untapped sources of hydrocarbon fuel which can be utilized in the future, oil from coal as Nickshep mentioned, oil sands (looks like our canadian friends hit the jackpot on that one) and methane hydrate on the sea floor. It just gets more expensive to produce it.
For those folks who are concerned about CO2 production, none of these will help because they all involve burning hydrocarbon fuels which produces CO2.
Other energy sources like solar are still not very practical. Although if someone comes up with a low cost, efficient solar electric cell we might be able to get quite a bit of power that way. People could put solar cells on the roof of their homes instead of shingles. It wouldn't supply all of your power but it could reduce the air conditioning bill significantly in the summer.
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