why not starting to shift to alternative source of energy to avoid wars among nations?
452439
I think those things will become increasingly important given the trends in the price of oil. Companies will shift to alternative forms of energy to save money. I don't know that it will stop wars among nations.
103003
There will be other energies. Only way we will run out of them is if the powers that control them (Oil men in many countries) say to. "Fossil" fuels themselves may not even be quite what we think they are.
1085223
It is in our national interest (because of the geographical size of our country) to either increase the available supply of petroleum or develop alternative fuel sources. The former may only be a temporary solution, but the latter will take time and resources and may invite retaliation in the form of extremely high petroleum prices while we attempt to retool our energy using and producing systems.
123560
Way for free energy.  That way we wouldn't have to rely on fossile fuels etc.  and the world would probably start implementing things like industrial automation giving the people more spare time.
298246
There are only two. One is that oil is a very concentrated form of energy. Having cars run on gas is far more feasible than powering them by, say, burning wood. You just don't get enough of a return on the use of that type of energy. Second is that it is relatively easy to access, at least thus far. One of the things that will happen as oil becomes more scarce is that we will have to try to drill for oil that is in much less accessible places, such as the north sea, or in much deeper deposits. There used to be a third advantage - that it seemed plentiful, if not inexhaustible. This advantage has been proven to be a myth.
590342
Energy shortage will be the biggest threat to the world economy.  But even with such a danger, it would only be a temporary one.  We adjust to the changes.
542734
Meaning moving continually with no additional force needed to overcome frictional or other energy losses.\n\nNo.  It violates the laws of thermodynamics for some process to occur without an energy loss.  If you don't add energy to a system, eventually it will run out of energy.
36981
Well it it quite difficult imagine a computer running on gas, but it may come due to innovation technology. It is quite practical that whatever the source eg. turbines or heat or solar receptors, the energy "generated" is always converted into electricity which is a standard form used. Now if you want to say that is electricity was'nt there what would we have done, well we would have worked something out. A gas powered land mower is quite practical. Why not a computer for that matter. \n\nAll the best.
88303
How about we just stop driving cars that give less than 20 miles/gallon? That will accomplish just as much as alternative energy and it's probably easier. \n\n\nBy the way, can you guess the 5 countries that we get most of our oil from?\n\nWould you have guessed Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Nigeria are 4 of the top 5? Saudi Arabia is the only Middle Eastern country in the 5 (at #3).\n\nThat last comment is exactly why it can't happen. People aren't willing to sacrifice the looks of a car in order to lessen our dependence on oil. Everyone wants someone else to solve their problems instead of doing something about it themselves. Typical.
1088720
Energy is power. Without oil, no economy and army can survive.
132955
Fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, or coal, are non-renoewable sources of energy since the supply of them on Earth is pretty much fixed.
148104
Well, Yes i agree with the rest about reducing our dependency on crude oil, and start finding some clean technology  to produce energy, the solution lies in various methods.\n\na) developed countries should promote industries or companies with incentives to  switch over to solar energy or wind power.\n\nb) countries must make optimum  use of tidal energy( energy created through tides at seashores) to produce energy in a industrial level.\n\nc)hydro electric although is second most exploited source, the full potential is not fully tapped yet, countries around the world should utilise it to the optimum level.\n\nd) Developed countries as well as developing countries must set aside a certain percentage of thier budget to set up clean energy such as setting up wind mills,to generate power\n\ne) Nuclear energy is still a disputed energy as it involves  potential risk of exposure to radiation, and its high cost o f operations,Yet the energy produced outweight all odds, it \nproduces enormous energy with little fuel.\n \nf) Countries should fast track the process  of finding an efficient alternative to Petrol(gasoline) or Diesel as Automobile fuel, right now the research is on hydrogen fuel cells , which seems promising, Yet the research lacks impetus from most of the developed nations.\ne) Countries (developed& developing) should start untilizing the Bio-deisel extraction process in massive scale,( that is extraction of Ethenol which can be got extracted from certain plants and certain seeds). The use of Ethenol will ease the stress on crude oil.
976711
Actually there are several alternative fuel sources available.\n\nHydorgen, natural gas, pure ethanol, biodeisel, etc. Even electric cars!\n\nAs long as the big oil companies have so much power, you won't be seeing any of these alternatives used by the masses.
82580
So much to do. I would first start by avoiding the waste of electricity because most of the electricity generated at home comes from gas generators that burning millions of gallons of fuel.\nthe heat generated from this generators is one of the main causes of the global waming.\nadded to that the emmissions from vehicules that is also one major problem.\ntry encouraging people and yourself :) to use vehicules that don't waste a lot of gas. take the bus when you can or ride a bicycle when you have a chance.
580610
Of course he wouldn't step down and forsake his billions, just because someone else discovered something that helps the enviroment. By the way, there is no such thing as clean free energy, it doesn't exsist. Every form of energy we use today is has some enviromental problems and nothing is life is absolutely free.
328118
that's exactly the point. he doesn't want them to have nuclear power because it could hurt the US if it ever came to that point.
212620
the disadvantages of natural gas is that it is expensive for the power stations to buy it. therefore they may not be able to reach the demand for electricity and will have to use alternate energy resources.