We're not out of energy: we're just exploiting the existing non-renewable resources

Posted on 15 Apr 2009 16:19

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The energy crisis that is almost sure to be faced in the near future as well as the shortage of energy at present is not actually because we're going out of energy.It's just because we're using the same resource day by day and second after second without acknowledging an alternative (or minimal use). We still have our sun, we have wind and we...

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Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

Posted on 20 Apr 2009 08:38

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Hi Prajwal,

I agree with you, we are not running out of energy, it is just fossil fuels that are exhaustible. Unfortunately, at present, oil, gas and coal are the energy source for the most of the energy we use for electricity, transport, buildings, etc.

In my opinion, though, what is really worrying is not that (sooner...

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Sustainability...

Posted on 29 Apr 2009 10:04

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I agree prajwal! Of course we’re not out of energy (I remember the 1st rule of thermodynamics from school – energy can neither be created or destroyed, it can only change forms) – but we are finding it harder to get to the highly concentrated carriers of energy such as oil – and the planet can no longer afford the extra greenhouse gas emissio...

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