Would you go for alternative fuels?
By WATARIKENJI
@WATARIKENJI (1534)
Philippines
January 25, 2010 5:42pm CST
Research indicates that fossil fuels will not last any longer. the supply will diminish. Scientists said that this commodity is not for keeps. In the soonest possible time, an alternative fuel must be used to take the place of the fossil fuel to avoid disaster.
the disaster may come through the breakdown of industries, transport, power plants, and others that rely on the fossil fuel as their life blood. It would affect the whole world just like a natural disaster.
There are alternatives for fossil fuels. The sources of which are plants like cassava, and jetropha. There are also fuels based on hydrogen and electric powered engines are now everywhere. The research on these fuels have been improving and scientists are hoping that a real alternative for the fossil fuel will soon come to light.
Regards
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8 responses
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
28 Jan 10
I really am for alternative fuel source. That's why I voted for this certain senator who advocated the use of biofuels. It was really a close call when he almost didn't get that spot.
I am not really an active environmentalist but I am against too much industrialization that ruins natural resources and I guess using biofuel is much more enviroment-friendly so I am for it.
@elledgem (2)
• United States
26 Jan 10
I believe in alternative energy, and frankly, so does everyone else. Mainly because we need to. To be honest I am actually excited to see all the fossil fuel supplies dry up. Let's think about it for a second, no oil means less to almost no traffic, cleaner air, people would walk or ride bikes more meaning they would be healthier thus putting an end to the obesity epidemic. With no need for oil, America would stop its dependency on other countries for oil supply. Besides, man has lived for thousands of years without fossil fuels until only a little more less than 150 years or so. Mankind will make adjustments just like they always have.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
26 Jan 10
Just to level the playing field, not everyone agrees that we are running out of fossil fuel. There are new technologies that are capable of extracting oil that was up until now, impossible or very expensive to extract.
That said, I think that alternative fuels should be developed and given a chance. The biggest problem right now is the cost. Many people would be interested in using solar energy or wind power or whatever, if they could afford it.
The answer is not in raising the cost of traditional fuel, but in lowering the cost of alternative fuel. The government subsidizes everything else; why not solar power, for instance?
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
26 Jan 10
yeah, as long as their is an alternatives fuel resources to replace those depleted fuel resources it could be a great help to the economy and to the people who gonna spend less money just to avail of the cheap fuel which is better since it is extracted from natural sources.
@alfroi635 (297)
• Philippines
26 Jan 10
Yeah I agree with using alternate fuel. As we know that fossil fuels may cease it supply. In our country, a man invented to use 50% fuel and 50% water to run a car. And it is very effective after testing it with 500 miles run. We must find ways and alternates for fuels because they are nearly out of supply.
@Katie2009 (144)
• China
26 Jan 10
This year's Copenhagen Conference has rung the bell for the world,alerting people about the potential hazards underlying our life. If the alternative fuel is environmentally friendly and ecologically harmonious,I will certainly go for it. I agree that some people are right about the costs on developing alterntive fuels and exploiting renewable resources that people may not be able to pay for the pricey gas. However,this will be a deed which influences the whole world as a whole. Our future is threatened by disastrous pollutions and damages.
In light of this fact,government should voluntarily lower the prices of new energy and popularize them throughout society. We are doing this not only for ourselves but also for our next generations. 2012 can be really horrifing
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
25 Jan 10
Anything that is an alternative and reusable is really a very interesting emerging technology that everyone should support. I believe that oil reserves are starting to dwindle already and it is about time that we have to look for a replacement for it. I think the only reason why alternative fuel research is slowly moving on is because the oil producers are afraid that the prices of their commodity would drop once a viable alternative is found and there would be shifting of its usage from traditional black gold to the alternative ones. I think they would want to exhaust what is left for them and make money on them before the adopting of the new alternatives available.
@tommyj (45)
• United States
26 Jan 10
Most of the time when we see wanings that we are running short on anything having to do with fuel its from the oil companies.I have seen articles about cars running on water for decades. If they could do make cars do it decades ago why hasn't it gone any farther than it has. We have all heard about cars getting 100 miles per gallon but that car was recalled and the one that was given only got 20 miles a gallon.
