Are there organizations prepared for other means of energy for  depletion of earth's combustable  resources?
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I must disagree with gran. Most objections to the overpromotion of hydrogen have nothing to do with affluence or aversion to hiccups. Rather, the naysayers see hydrogen being touted as THE solution, with scant attention being paid to minor details like where the energy to generate hydrogen comes from. \nWith current technology, getting energy from hydrogen would merely be displaced combustion of fossil fuels or nuclear energy. It is either extracted from hydrogen bearing molecules like petroleum products or electrolyzed from water. Either way uses more energy than the combustion of hydrogen will repay, even in a relatively efficient fuel cell. Biological methods for hydrogen generation are being proposed but are unlikely to be economically scalable. Without a clean production technology, hydrogen is a net negative. However, hydrogen is intrinsically a clean fuel, and if clean production, transportation and storage can be arranged, it would improve our lives tremendously.\nOK, with that said, there are many organizations pursuing many alternative energy technologies. "Prepared" for oil depletion they are not. But they are working realistically along the many routes available to mitigate the shock of depletion. These include increased energy efficiency (note that the energy you don't use is equvalent to production of that energy with infinite efficiency!), expanded mass transit, and energy sources like biomass, wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Unfortunately, all of these sources have environmental impacts of their own, and some are "low quality" in the sense that the power intensity is low, requiring extensive investment in land and equipment. There are many opportunities for people with good ideas to help here. Google alternative energy and find many interesting sites.
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All of this are plus gas,petrol and nuclear energy. Water, wind and sun are called renewable energy resources.
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They haven't yet.  They've only produced low grade enriched uranium which, right now, could only be used to generate electricity.\n\nBut they are real close....
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Oil is one of the end results of a long, long process of decomposition, heat, pressure, and transformation of molecular structures.  Many people are unaware that there are multiple types of oil resulting form differences in all of the components of the process.\n\nAs a "renewable resource," you are barking up the wrong geologic age.  Once the oil available on Earth is gone - that is, the "petroleum" created through metamorphic processes in deep layers of the planet - human beings may berely live long enough for them to see more.  it takes many millions of years to create oil through purely natural processes.  And the many physical changes in the planet that cause it to begin with, including vast earthquakes, total transformation of the layers of the Earth's crust, extinction of life forms, and other events, suggest that when is more oil made in the distant future, humans might themselves be part of the matter eventually converted into petroleum.\n\nWell, no, that's hardly likely.  Decomposition would prevent that.\n\nBut, anyhow - no, oil is not a practical form of a renweable resource.  It is possible to make synthetic versions of petroleum, or to make alternative fuels that have some of the key features of petroleum, however.\n\nUltimately, humanity may discover that petroleum is much too valuable to just burn.  It is a fundamental ingredient of many kinds of medicines.  It plays a role in various types of chemistry and other applications that may not ever be replaced or reproduced artificially.\n\nAnd humans will never live long enough to get more once it is gone.
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This very well may be the start.  If it is, there will be annihilation beyond comprehension. There will be a few survivors in remote areas who will repopulate the earth.\n\nThat is; after the earth heals itself.
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Any non-traditional fuel. eg.\nbiofuel: such as grass for burning to get electricity.\nH2 (the gas)\nand many more
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GREENPEACE the international NGO is working onissues concerning earth mainly focusing on Global warming.Infact GREENPEACE was the organisation that lobbyed a lot and which is still working with world organisations ,groups and countries
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Time will tell this, and accordingly those circumstances would be leading us to different solutions.\n-Recycled usage if possible could be made, in power generation.\n-Highly protected sealed container buried under sea bed.\n-Sending them stray in the outer space.\n-There are possiblities that some poverty ridden country would be subjected to menacing radioactive materials in order to create battle fields of future (the way human rights are being violated these days).
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"Are we destroying the earth with technology or is the earth doing business as usual"\nI suggest you track the changes scientists have found in the entire history of the earth, warming, freezing, wet and even effects of smoke from Krakatoa. Then compare what is happening now with pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer and ask the readers to make their own conclusion.
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Well, Yes i agree with the rest about reducing our dependency on crude oil, and start finding some clean technology  to produce energy, the solution lies in various methods.\n\na) developed countries should promote industries or companies with incentives to  switch over to solar energy or wind power.\n\nb) countries must make optimum  use of tidal energy( energy created through tides at seashores) to produce energy in a industrial level.\n\nc)hydro electric although is second most exploited source, the full potential is not fully tapped yet, countries around the world should utilise it to the optimum level.\n\nd) Developed countries as well as developing countries must set aside a certain percentage of thier budget to set up clean energy such as setting up wind mills,to generate power\n\ne) Nuclear energy is still a disputed energy as it involves  potential risk of exposure to radiation, and its high cost o f operations,Yet the energy produced outweight all odds, it \nproduces enormous energy with little fuel.\n \nf) Countries should fast track the process  of finding an efficient alternative to Petrol(gasoline) or Diesel as Automobile fuel, right now the research is on hydrogen fuel cells , which seems promising, Yet the research lacks impetus from most of the developed nations.\ne) Countries (developed& developing) should start untilizing the Bio-deisel extraction process in massive scale,( that is extraction of Ethenol which can be got extracted from certain plants and certain seeds). The use of Ethenol will ease the stress on crude oil.
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Do you know the acronym EROEI?  Google it and you'll be able to include the sources yourself.  But I can give you a start: you can read about Shale Oil's shortcomings as an energy source in The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler, for one.  There are other, more authoritative sources linked on www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net from time to time as well. \n\nThe acronym stands for energy return on energy invested.  Wiith current technology, shale oil requires quite a bit of energy to procure to use it as energy itself.  So while I personally think that shale oil will be used as an energy source, it'll be used mostly out of a sort of desperation that other, more efficient, reliably-supplied sources are less available.
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Coal, Oil, Uranium etc are earths natural resources, and definitly renewable by nature. But are they renewable at the rate we are using them, thats a question to ponder upon! :-)
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If you mean on it's axis...no.  We're pretty small. Like ants building ant hills on an Island. BUT.......  We are digging and delving and pulling from the earth many elements and resources that will eventually cause some degree of irreplaceable loss. Whether this will totally upset the planet's inner workings or not can only be told over time. But aren't we seeing some very strange things happening these days?  Maybe it's all cyclical or maybe we are partially to blame.  Why chance it.  Best example is obvious.....stop using fossil fuels.
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A plan that is diversified is the best plan. We are dependent on fossil fuels because it was seen as a great source of power, so that is what every one went to, now we are addicted.\n\nA plan that uses multiple sources of fuel, rather than putting all our eggs in one basket, might include geothermal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, or even tidal power to generate electricity. Electricity can then be easily stored for use in planes, cars, and trains in addition to running such appliances as the computer that I am using at the moment.\n\nTo offer up only one suggestion is to lead us down the road to another addiction. Diversification is the plan that has the most potential for kicking the oil habit, and securing a more stable future.
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environmental - alternative energy
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well we will start using alternative energy resources. Like wind, solar, hydrogen etc
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planksheer, again you have hit the nail on the head. Good job, guy.\n\nNecessity is the mother of invention.  If suddenly ALL oil vanished from the face of the earth, we would have another form of energy to replace it in a VERY short time.  And, of course, the oil companies would try to gain control of it.