We all like oil. It goes into almost everything around us. The plastic bottle of water, the car you drive, the heat in your house. What a great gift from the past. What a fascinating natural resource.
The problem is that when we burn oil it releases carbon into our atmosphere, which causes our planet to heat up. Not sure if you would find any credible climatologist to deny this fact. If you do please comment- but I mean credible- no right wing ExxonMobil lackey/scientist spewing misinformation on Fox News). Yet there is still a debate going on about the effects of carbon emissions on our planets’ temperature, and I’m not quite sure why. Perhaps just to confuse the issue of gl0bal warming? If you have confusion around the issue, then people will be slow to change.
One thing is for sure: Oil is a finite resource. We are addicted to it, and need to get off of it. It makes us dependent on foreign countries that have large pools of oil- which causes our government to get involved militarily in those less than friendly areas.
Bottom line: Most of our energy consumption is from our automobiles. SO lets focus on that. Developing nations like China and India will cost certainly contribute to the warming of the planet. But that does not excuse the US from taking the lead. Why not be one step ahead of the rest of the world. Isn’t that the American way?
What is the most promising green energy out there? When will it come into effect? Is the sky falling? Is anybody listening?
Some good links:
Six Degrees Could Change the World
Convert your car to Run on Ethanol
