...but unless there is a die off of epic proportions the growing populations are going to need new fuel supplies of epic proportions.
Of course we need a replacement for fossil fuels, because (as you said) there actually is a finite supply AND it's use does have known downsides both to the environment and the health of all living things.
Even us scary conservatives admit this and want fossil fuels replaced where possible. Finding some replacements may take longer than others, such as plastic which is a petroleum product.
I have absolutely NO doubt that replacements for
most fossil fuel needs will be found in our not too distant future. We humans (that aren't sitting around smoking dope and living on the government) are an inventive lot.
Just think of the advancements over the past 100 years. Where might we be in another 100? Or even 50?
MY problem is the liberals which are falling hook, line and sinker for an agenda from the elite left and screaming that the sky is falling and we have to do something right now - even if it doesn't work.
The F'tards pushing this "the world will end next week if we don't
fill in the blank right this minute" are doing so because (wait for it...) they are making vast fortunes by doing so.
You actually think Al Gore (for example) gives a f*¢k about the environment OR you? As he flies around the world on his private jet making HUGE amounts of money for screaming about how the ice caps will be gone by next week? You think any of them give a rat's backside??
We (humankind) will get past the use of fossil fuels with research and innovation and given a bit of time to figure all this new stuff out. BUT, for the f'ing morons to shut down our coal industry and power plants (another example) BEFORE we have a
working solution is beyond asinine. That type of over zealousness to fix a problem before there is a solution is criminal.
Personally, I'd like to take each and everyone of these misguided fanatics and drop them off on the Arctic ice cap. Polar bears gotta eat too!
Actually, they aren't "misguided" in that their aim is profit for themselves. They are, in truth, very well guided - by their bank accounts!
Solar and wind MAY provide the power we need someday. We're just not there yet. Maybe it will be a power source that hasn't even been thought of yet. We'll get there. Just stop hurting us while saying that you're helping us.
AND, allow private industry to research and innovate our way out of this problem. QUIT spending MY money (taxes) - yeah, I know the government teat suckers don't pay taxes, so they are all for the "Save us from ourselves" movement as it doesn't cost them anything! - to fund projects (Solyndra ring a bell? Or giant wind farms?) that private industry will take on ONCE they figure out how to make them work.
I don't know which is worse, the ELITE left that sure as heck won't let a "crisis" go to waste
if they can make a buck on it, or the vast herds of poorly educated
or easily mislead minions that keep voting in people that mainly care about their net worth.
There are PLENTY of republicans that fall in that "me first" category; so no, this is not strictly a Rep vs Dem thing.
Can we agree to call these types Progressives? (
kill 'em ALL)
obama (f'ing
POtu
S) said that electricity rates were going to have to "necessarily skyrocket".
Given reason? To, get us to alternative power sources NOW. (gotta shut down them dirty coal plants!)
Actual reason? There's HUGE money changing hands in pushing/creating this "Green Movement".
We'll get there. We're just not there YET. "Regulating" to get there faster is only about power and money.
THEY DON'T CARE about anything else.
Can't put the cart before the horse, unless you have something/someone else in mind (US taxpayers) to pull the cart.
Where is the electricity to charge that little gay Prius supposed to come from?
UNTIL something better comes along. And a wind farm that took more resources to build than it can produce ain't "better".