“Being dependent upon a nonrenewable resource which production is controlled by unstable, unfriendly govts for over 100 years is ridiculous in today’s fast-moving technological age.”
As soon as that fast-moving technology produces energy/fuel as cheap as oil, oil will start to lose market share and disappear as a fuel. Of course, 25% of oil use is non-fuel in nature, so there will be demand for oil for quite some time yet.
“As soon as that fast-moving technology produces energy/fuel as cheap as oil, oil will start to lose market share and disappear as a fuel. Of course, 25% of oil use is non-fuel in nature, so there will be demand for oil for quite some time yet.”
How much oil is still used for providing electrical power? That’s what I’m pondering at the moment? Hopefully not too much... What I’d love to hear is that the only way to prevent global warming is to switch all our power generation to nuclear plants.
Reminds me of the only episode of “The Lone Gunmen” X-Files spinoff I watched.
Someone created a zero-point energy machine that could be used in cars or anywhere. The inventor died, but his surviving wife decided not to let the world have it because it would use plastics/oil to produce it.
I never could watch it after that.......