Re Mechanic
Quote:well you don't have to worry about all of that... because according to you... we are running out of fossil fuels...
I sometimes wonder if you just ask questions out of jest or are you really prepared to learn. Because, the same statement and question just get repeated again and again.
Fossil fuel and coal are slightly different. Coal can be part of fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are formed by decomposition of animal and plants. Coal are decomposition of plants material. (or something along this line). Petrolium companies have estimated that there could be as much as 145 years of coal reserves left. While with petrolium, it is believed that we may be reached, or about to reach the concept of peak oil. And that global production will start to decrease no matter what. It is evidenced by usage of fracking in extracting oil, something that people did not have to do back in the post war 50s.
So, it gets to two points.
1. Current model showed that continued release of stored carbon, would probably result in change in climate before the depletion point. --> Noted, when we talk about depletion, we dont talk about a total depletion, because thats impossible. Rather, its a point where efforts of extraction of said material is too great comparing to the amount extracted. So, action needed to be taken now, especially, the extraction of carbon not only contributes to total greenhouse in the atmosphere, causing change of weather patterns ---> decrease food security. The act of extraction also causes direct destruction to produtive lands. This is a double edged sword, considering the world population will continue to increase and consume more.
2. We know this is a finite resource. And that if we look 1000, or 2000 years ahead, for the survival of humanity, we must change to clean renewable energy. Our ancestors had made sacrifices, and changed their way of live so that they can survive and pass their genes on us. We should also do the same for our future generations. Do not be a weak link.