what do you think of this theory?

Question

apparently in 30-40 years the earth will be back to horse and cart because the oil water and coal is running out.. i dont think it is true but what are your opinion???

Answer 1

Of course it's not true. We have a variety of alternative fuels to oil available now - they are not used in any great quantity because it has not been in the interests of the large and powerful oil companies and leading world governments. Even the developing world is ahead of UK and USA on this one - Brazil already uses biodiesel in large quantities.

(PS: Water is not running out, it is just overused by some countries and poorly distributed)

Answer 2

Not much of a theory, more like wishful thinking by someone who makes horse-drawn carriages. There is still more coal and oil under the Earth's surface than we have so far extracted. We still have masses of coal reserves in Britain, it's just become too expensive to mine it, but it's certainly there in an emergency. What joker says we will run out of water. The Earth still has the same quantity of water within it's bounds as it had when it first cooled into a solid planet.. Water does not get lost into space, it's held-in by gravity. It exists in 3 forms, as liquid, ice and water vapour in the atmosphere. The proportions vary over different time spans, but the same amount is always there. Comforting to know isn't it. With water supply, it's a matter of how it can be distributed.
Stay cool.

Answer 3

I really doubt that we will regress to the horse and buggy days in thirty to forty years, but as resources become scarce you will see a greater polarization between those that have and those that do not.

On a personal level the Haves versus Have-nots scenario will play out with a few being able to own property, drive cars, eat decent food, and obtain medical attention. While the have-not will become the exploited underclass working for wages barely adequate enough to buy the basic necessities.

On a national scale, you should expect to see wars take place, where countries are fighting to settle trade disputes and take the resources that another country possesses. These fights will not only be for oil, coal and water, but they will fight for minerals, lumber, medicines, fishing rights, technology, and anything essential to human existence.

The horse 'n' buggy days will return only after every resource is nearly depleted, and a massive amount of the human population is destroyed due to war, starvation, disease or succumbing to environmental factors. Pretty much all of the population that remains will lack the sophistication to make the technology work, and everything will fall into ruins. Unbelievable ruins.

Mankind may see the days of the horse 'n' buggy return, but those days should not occur in forty years. Between now and that time, man will have to reach the summit of intelligence in creating technological marvels -- and lower himself into a deeper level of social irresponsibility, before he destroys everything and people start living like they did in the good ol' days.

Answer 4

I think it will take more than 30 or 40 yeas for the fossil fuels to run out. However for the sake of the environment we must make strenuous efforts to find alternative sources of energy. Wind, water and sunlight are the obvious sources and the technology is developing all the time so I think in 30 years time we will be making significant reductions in our use of fossil fuels but not going back to horses. Except for China of course but they have enormous reserves of coal

Answer 5

It assumes that engines require fossil fuels to run on. Increasingly alternatives to mineral oil are being developed, such as bio-ethanol and bio-diesel. Also electric vehicles are being developed, and means of generating electricity from renewable sources are on the increase. Engines are becoming increasingly fuel efficient.

So - no, I do not believe that we will be forced to go back to horses and carts, though the environmental effects of burning large quantities of fossil fuels might make a a return to a simpler life style desirable.

Answer 6

We are a long way from running out of oil. First off, there are vast reserves here in the US that have not been tapped because it is expensive to get to them (the Green River Shale is actually the worlds richest oil reserve), and old oil fields are being reopened because recovery technology is getting better.

Whoever said that originally, does not know what they are talking about. I wish we could take the people who say these things (not you, but the people who make these statements about the environment a.k.a the alarmists) out back and beat them with a rubber hose.

Answer 7

maybe in a few hundred years but not that quite i think the earth will blow up before we go back to horse and cart

Answer 8

I think oil will last for atleast another century or two max, as time goes by it will be very expensive to buy untill a point where people will have to do without.

Answer 9

With many fuel sources being studied I doubt we will get to that place. There are many sources today, the oil industry just doesn't want them pursued.

Answer 10

Too many scientists running around in white coats to allow that to happen.