Reply #31: Then quite frankly it shouldn't matter whether Peak Oil is real or not [View All]

[MadHound]

Those of us who have been promoting alternative energy for decades now have always done so on the basis of the enviromental damage that fossil fuel produce. Sad to say, if people had started listiening to us twenty six years ago, even given late seventies tech, we could be providing half of all our energy needs with alternatives right now.

Instead, we live in a much dirtier world, whose climate is changing rapidly, and we are still hooked on fossil fuels. Yet with the technological advancements that have been made, we could easily provide all of our energy needs with alternative, renewable resources. Did you realize that the DOE did a study in '91 that found that all of our electrical needs through the year 2030 could be provided by the harvestable wind energy in just three states, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas? Amazing now, isn't it. Given solar, bio diesel, and hybrid tech, we don't need oil.

Peak Oil simply makes this need to switch over all that more dramatic. There is solid science backing it up, and quite frankly I hope it comes about. Nothing like a little price prod to get people off their asses and doing something productive.