Fam62c

Fossil Fuels vs. Green Energy: What's a Better Investment?

I somewhat disagree Steve. Renewable sources can be used to generate, thoeretically, almost unlimited supplies of electricity. Electricity in the form of plug-in hybrid technology could have a massive effect on our consumption of gas for transportation, however, probably not total replacement until we find a practical biofuel (not ethanol) to serve our liquid fuel needs. Imagine if the average individual/family drove small to medium sized plug-in hybrid vehicles that could go 20-30 miles on electric only power. That's all that many people drive on an average day. This would increase average fuel consumption for many vehicles into the 70-100 mpg range. It would make one hell of a difference. I think that the biggest change in the future will be that instead of depending on mainly petroleum (oil and NG) and coal for 95% of our energy needs we will see lots of different alternative technolgies contributing increasing amounts of energy to the national supply. I do agree with you in that I don't see any total replacement for petro on the horizon but if we could reduce our needs in the USA to what we can produce domestically or get from friendly countries we would be in much better shape.