Originally Posted by
WhiteWidow
I wouldn't worry about it. Mankind is smart enough to figure it out. If anything we will just move somewhere else.
There are even theories that say fossil fuels are renewable. It makes sense, because its not like stuff stopped dying 50 million years ago.
Yeah, but we are using it a hell of a lot quicker than it's being created. On the bright side for fossil energy, (and the dark side for evironmentalists) there's still a shitload of coal left.
I'm confident that we will figure out an alternative. It's not like we are going to die out. People were around a long time before gasoline. I just think the solution is going to alter our lives signifiantly. You can synthesize hydrocarbons using water, carbon, and electricity. Just like you can make Browns gas (hydrogen and oxygen) using electricity. It's just very expensive to do so. As you can probably see, generating energy isn't as much of a problem as storing it stably and safely.
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