Is Extinction a possible result of our addiction to fossil fuel?

Answer 1

Given the fate of all large species on the planet Earth, human extinction is inevitable.

Fossil fuel overuse may be speeding up the calendar, but human overpopulation and desecration of the environment, including causing extinction of many other species, also contributes a great deal to shortening the timeline for our species.

What makes me chuckle (albeit morbidly) is when people opine about the 'end of the world' as if the end of one type of living thing (humans) means that the Earth will be finished.

Extinction ended the dinosaurs' 'world' and will certainly do the same to us, but the Earth continues.

Answer 2

I believe extinction isn't a "possible" result, but a very real and probable result. But, not from our addiction to fossil fuels. Extinction is going to be a result of human nature. It's in our very nature to destroy each other. Whether you believe in the Bible or Darwin, people have been killing each other for years and years. Fossil fuels are simply a tool for that destruction. Hopefully, with the introduction of green fuels, no matter what they are, the focus can be directed towards building the world up as opposed to tearing it down.

Answer 3

We need to be clear; Extinction of what?

Human extinction? Not likely to happen because of the fuel addiction, but extinction could be possible at some point due to the affects of the fuel addiction on our environment.

Extinction of the fuel oil; It will take a while, but yes it is possible.

Answer 4

your comparison is strange to say the least, nicotine is additive so what is addictive with fossil fuel unless you mean our current standard of living in the west is an addiction. without fossil fuel we would still be living in the dark ages. what would your remedy be to stop the used of fossil fuel. solar power?, wind power? methane gas from animal waste? bio-fuels? none of the above would have any serious reduction on our current usage of power needed to keep up our standard of living. at best they might slow down the yearly increasing demands of power. do some research on the tiny percentage that alternative energy has on the national grid then do the maths and see how unfeasible it would be to convert over to an alternative energy anytime in the near furture. due to populations increases so does our energy levels. yeah on the consumer level it would be wise to used more energy saving devices however once again this would barely slowed down the annually increasing need for energy. in kent there are plans for another coal fire power station that is 20% less co2 cleaner than existing ones, this is the most logical route for now. furture options are more nuclear power stations (less of an option more likely a fact). what do you think of nuclear power? reality for certain fanatical greenies sucks so they cling on to pipe dreams. don't get caught up in the BS enjoy our current standard of living and hope we can carry on doing so in our old age. remember it's a delicate balance between our increasing needs(''addiction'') for energy and the ability to produce it. if some day in the furture when they can produce enough power both clean and cheap i'll be all for it. but for the next 30 -50 years fossil fuels will be the main contributor, not because we want to but because we have no other choice.

Answer 5

No. Economic forces will break the addiction eventually.

Not everybody will use fossil fuel. Just like not everybody will live in a 4000-square-foot ranch in the Hamptons or eat sirloin steak for dinner every night.

Answer 6

no pretty soon everything will be Eco-friendly and we can make electricity from water and we are already making sun powered cars and gas made of vegetable oil.