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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis
I would contend that global development (India, China, Vietnam, etc) is the source of strain on global oil resources that we are experiencing relative to our past.
And perhaps it is all relative; we are using less, but the world is using more. In the 70's and 80's we were sucking it down like water. But then again "Made in the USA" meant something and now it means nothing.... In the face of this, I really think we have definitely made drastic improvements relative to the rest of the planet. Hydrogen fuel cells, solar, wind... it is the only answer - and it MUST occur in our time. The only reason it won't is because it has become a multi-billion dollar cottage to discourage it's development.
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Call me a pessimist but I think that those forms of energy are but a flea on the giant dog's ass of energy consumption.
Wind energy is used to produce electricity. Oil produces less than 2.5% of our electricity. The vast majority of electricity produced in the US is from coal fired plants, nuclear power plants and natural gas.
Solar Energy is cost prohibitive as we have seen.
Hydrogen fuels cells are promising but a long ways away from being a factor.
The fact is that we aren't going to be reducing in any significant manner the use of automobiles which is where the oil turned gas is going.