What alternatives for energy do you think will have to be used once all fossil fuels are used up?

Question

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Answer 1

SOLAR AND NUCLEAR ENERGY

Answer 2

Initially, nuclear fission to replace decommissioned fossil fuel stations, along with renewables to provide up to (and certainly not above) 10% of the countries energy needs. Then, in the medium to longterm, initiatives to introduce solar power to individuals homes (there's not enough publicity at the moment), with backup via generators for those who can afford it. Then also, within hopefully the next 3 decades, nuclear fusion will become a viable option. Oh and if anybody here is interested in getting the FACTS about renewable and nuclear power sources, rather than the conjecture and here say that seems to flood the public arena whenever this subject is brought up, I'd recommend picking up James Lovelock's The Revenge of Gaia.

Oh and on the subject of renewables, of the 8 nuclear power stations we have at this time it would take 56,000 1MW wind turbines to replace them, that's 1 for every 2 sq miles.

Answer 3

I can't remember at the moment what it is called, is it hydro thermal.? Where they drill a really deep hole, and pour water down it, and the steam come up another hole and drives a turbine. I think that that is a really safe and ecologically friendly source of energy.
Also more wind generators, and if we could develop the big space mirrors, on the edge of the atmosphere to focus the suns rays onto a specific area, lets say the White House( joke), no really, say an area in the Mojave desert where not too many people live.
Keep rockin man, keep the men at the top on their toes.

Answer 4

Well the idea is to start making our alternate fuel sources now, we have no choice but to go for the things that are the most natural and at hand, wind, water, nuclear and the sun etc.

BUT the thing is will people allow new types of fuel, for example wind turbines are seen as "un-sightful" and nuclear power is seen as unsafe.

Another route is to grow trees and the use them for energy, this is renewable, but STILL not good for the environment.

I say that nuclear power is the most LOGICAL, but not the safest.

Answer 5

I think the answers are already there..via stockpiled technology..Toyota for example bought the rights to the Sarich Orbital engine for millions from its Australian designer..it used near zero fuel..i would imagine that when fossil fuels etc start to really run low..These multinationals will bring this and other technology out of the bag..pretend they just came up with it to save the world..but only after they have squandered what there is for profit$

Answer 6

Water ,sun, wind.
Our own garbage maybe can be used in a good way like they do in Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro if i remember correctly) and i have read recently that there was a project in England in a town that the municipal buses were running on fuels made from sheep pee.
I don't remember where i had read it.
The vegetable that we use it can be used for fuels when we throw it away.
If they put their mind into it there are many alternatives for energy and they are under our nose.

Answer 7

About 5% of Britain's energy is powered by renewables which isn't enough in my opinion. And it's not just wind farms and solar panels - there are some hydroelectric plants in Scotland (well, there were in 2000). Failing that we could burn animal dung and sewage as a biofuel; I know it's smelly but we all have to make sacrifices!

Answer 8

Wind,water, and sun will be vital.

I think hydrogen will be too difficult to produce because presently to separate hydrogen from water molecules requires more energy that it will produce.

I also think we need to look very strongly at bio-diesels. It might make the country smell like french fries, but it's only by-product is water and its supply would help a large number of farmers world wide.

Answer 9

Excuse me??? Why do we have to wait until all of the fossil fuels are used up before we come up with energy alternatives????? Wouldn't that be a little too late????? I hope you are being ironic. Of course, it would be like the U.S. to wait until we've used up everything before we panic and try to find replacement energy sources. What's unfortunate is that our country/government isn't pouring money into financing people/companies to come up with or keep working on current alternative energy sources. But of course then they couldn't please the lobbyists who paid to get them elected, could they???!!??? Am I being a cynic????

Answer 10

i agree with : chipchinka
"We should be moving to Solar and Wind energy sources, as well as geothermal energy,"

didn't they work out that if you used algae the wast is the same as it would consume in it's growing...

i vote for many many squirrels on little mills.

hey we could start burning mummies again, some of the plans of the past really make you wonder.

Answer 11

Probably things like cooking oils that hare done in a few cars at the moment, and solar (although were many many years from getting that technology to be mass produced and that it could be affordable*) *for the public