04-11-2006, 10:07 PM
If the issue was purely about the fact that we will eventually run out of oil I wouldn't be that concerned because as Rob said the price will rise significantly as it becomes more and more difficult to mine oil and this will make alternative fuels cost competitive.
However there's the issue of what the CO2 will do to our climate in the meantime. A climate crisis may indeed arrive a lot sooner than the natural exhaustion of petroleum which will cost many, many different and much more dire problems.
On that front we're probably going to need to change our habits and lifestyle before we actually start experiencing significant negative consequences since it is so difficult to reverse ecological damage. People are already talking about it, some countries are already taking steps to address it, I just hope that the movement catches the critical momentum sooner rather than later.
However there's the issue of what the CO2 will do to our climate in the meantime. A climate crisis may indeed arrive a lot sooner than the natural exhaustion of petroleum which will cost many, many different and much more dire problems.
On that front we're probably going to need to change our habits and lifestyle before we actually start experiencing significant negative consequences since it is so difficult to reverse ecological damage. People are already talking about it, some countries are already taking steps to address it, I just hope that the movement catches the critical momentum sooner rather than later.
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