That human activity is the major factor in the untimely warming of the planet is virtually indisputable. But let’s set that aside for a moment. Let’s pretend it’s 2011, but our atmosphere is still as it was in 1960. Let’s consider our supply of oil itself.
The fact remains, the world’s oil reserves are not infinite, and as oil is depleted it will be increasingly difficult to recover. And finally, we will run out. How soon is anyone’s guess, but we may already be feeling the effects of a diminishing supply. In fact, according to a Mar. 26, 2010 article in Science Daily, world oil reserves may be at a tipping point. In other words, we’re on the downward slope of our oil supplies.
This alone makes a strong case for developing alternative forms of energy — and alternate forms of transportation that do not rely on oil — and we have to plunge into it in earnest now, not in ten or twenty years. Republicans do us a disservice by suggesting “drill baby drill” can make a dent in our future energy needs. What we need is a Manhattan Project for alternate energy.
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