What'll happen when we run out of fuel?
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Assuming we haven't found or developed other energy sources? The biggest energy-consuming societies fall apart, can't grow or transport food, most of their people starve. World population and technological levels fall to sustainable levels or, more likely, below.
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This is a very complex question.  \n\nThe crude oil reserves in the world are a semi-finite resource.  It takes many millions of years to create the oil that is in the earth. So it is possible to run out.\n\nCurrently there are no plans in place by any nation that could compenate for the depletion of this valuable natural resource.\n\nSome alternatives are being developed. Solar - greatly available but unfortunatly at this time the efficiency of the solar cells is not up to the task of replacing oil.\n\nWind energy - another good option but the size of a wind farm to generate suffient amounts of energy is restrictive. There is not enough land available.\n\nThermal currents on the ocean - Another way to harness solar energy but again VERY inefficient.\n\nNuclear Fission - Already in use on a large scale.  drawbacks are the waste that it produces. EXTREMELY Dangerous radiation that lasts for thousands of years.\n\nNuclear Fussion - This is the power that drives the sun. Couple different versions are being developed but at this time there are not any viable solutions. Possible in the future but currently take a lot of energy to create this engery.\n\nBio Fuels - a great alternative that is already widely in use. again the main drawback here is the amount of land that would be needed to supply the amount of fuel that we use.  We do not have enough at the current time.  We would need almost all of our current farm land to supply the energy need and not have any available for food needs.\n\nFuel Call technology - A very good source of fuel and very clean as well. however the main type of fuel cell is currently the Hydrogen Fuel cell. This is relatively expensive to make and uses some elements that could be also be depleted in the future. also Raw hydrogen is expensive to make. Even though it is thought to be the most abundant element in the universe, most of it is bound up in other compounds. (ie. water, other fuels)\n\nCoal - another very abundant fuel source. Drawback - burns with more polution.\n\nSo overall, the world would definitly change if/when we run out of crude oil.  Things will become more expensive. Polution could get worse unless other fuels can be found that are more enviormentally friendly.  \n\nNo one knows for sure if or when it will run out but there are options. Just be prepared for many different products to come to market that will replace the ones that contain crude oil and its byproducts.
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Very screwed.  Oil will only go up as we approach (or have already suprassed) the peak oil supply.  At some point, there won't be enough oil to power machinery, to use as pesticide or to make the materials for a modern life. The deficit is insane (thank you Republicans) and will not be gone until another 20 years, if we are lucky.  Our Social Sercurity and all safety nets will be destroyed by the free-marketeers who have enough money so they'll be fine. The government along with the loyal and enthusiastic help of conservatives and spinless liberals is turning us into a police state so get ready for camps. China owns us through Treasury Bonds though that won't stop the U.S. from nuking it in a couple of years. The world will eventually stop putting up with our sh*t and then trade goes down. Basically, we're all f***ed so move out.  I hear Western Europe is nice.
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Half way then it's running out.
88647
We will never run out of oil, economics ensures that is the case. As oil becomes harder to get prices will increase, as the price increases people will use less oil. As a result there will always be oil in the ground, there will just be so few people using it that it won’t be worth pumping out.\n\nNobody with any knowledge of the subject has ever suggested that oil will ever run out. That is one point that all sides agree on. The only question is  how much more expensive it will get and how fast.
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You could still run some things.  That is, untill you ran out of gas anyway.  Than you'd be pretty much screwed.\nWhen Y2k was supposed to happen I had almost no food in my frige!  Oh well.  Nothing happened.
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Yes. In about 150 years there will be no oil if we continue this way.\nAnyway .. there are unlimited resources, at least for energy, ... solar/eolian/waterfall energy.\nHope this helps
287820
Agree...Can you tell me what happens to peoples energy when they die?
1071104
they run out of money
876385
if you mean..." If the worlds oxygen ends what would happen?" then that is obvious. the worlds would slowly deteriorate\n\nLife would end
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Energy demand will keep on increasing. So there will be substitute sources of energy like solar cell and water. A lot of research is going on to make this alternate sources working and cheaper than the conventional ones like mineral fuels.
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If this happen?\nNo more people alive, and no more earth planet survive -\nBye, bye. . .
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They are planning for a time when the oil runs out.
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it will run out quicker i no that but,the energy we use electricity, gas ,petrol will not last foreve that is fact so it dosent really matter
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Not in the next 50 years.  Ever since we started using oil commentators have been saying it's about to run out.
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when no petrol is available
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When there are no more humans.