The world's fossil fuels are running out. With the average amount of time it takes for coal to form

Now, in the first couple decades of the 21st century, in order to sustain our dependence on fossil fuels we’re going to very risky, very extreme new sources. You see this, in things like mountain top removal for coal, fracking for natural gas, offshore drilling for oil, and the tar sands, which is the most devastating form of producing fossil fuels. They take away massive forests, the water in the streams, and rivers is poisoned. It has severe impacts on the wildlife, on native communities, and it requires a huge amount of energy to simply get it to our fuel tanks.

The author of The Cheap but Costly Alternative - Nuclear Power emphasizes the dangers of nuclear energy by informing you of all the disasters that can happen and have happened. The author also uses loaded language to create an emotional appeal on how people could get hurt so that the reader won't support nuclear energy. Wind or solar energy could be good alternatives to nuclear energy. These sources of energy are natural and clean considering they'd come right from the weather and

Here in the US alone we consume nearly 6.844 Quadrillion Btu’s of energy, however most alarmingly less than 7% of our toll energy usage comes from Alternative energy resources. This leads to the edge of a dangerous presuppose as our current resources continue to dwindle and our future grows darker each day. It is estimated that there is less than 200 years of oil left in the reserves we currently have and with the population and the demand for oil increasing each year it could be here faster then we know it. As we continue to pour pollutants back into our skies, waters and lands each year our planet feels the effect each day.

The future of our world depends on two things. One is the protection of the children, as these fossil fuels and non-renewable resources are used we will not experience the consequences but our children will. The second being the protection of the earth. With this harmful resource, we are just using it as a dumping ground with these killer chemicals, gases, and much more. As time goes on the earth can only take so much, and with resources becoming more abundant we better figure something

How long can we continue using fossil fuels without detrimental effects? With every passing moment our planet is slowly becoming contaminated with the fossil fuels we use and the green house gases they emit. Not only do fossil fuels contaminate the planet we live in, but they also cannot be replenished and will run out eventually. We cannot reverse these effects, however i think there is one alternative energy source that scientists have been working on that can be incorporated to reduce the damage. The government should be utilizing solar power more often because the world needs to eradicate its dependance on fossil fuels, solar power is the most efficient renewable energy source and should be incorporated more often over fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels take millions of years to make. We are using up the fuels that were made more than 300 million years ago before the time of the dinosaurs. Once they are gone they are gone.

[Fossil fuels are expected to continue supplying much of the energy used worldwide. Although liquid fuels—mostly petroleum-based—remain the largest source of energy, the liquids share of world marketed energy consumption falls from 34 percent in 2010 to 28 percent in 2040, as projected high world oil prices lead many energy users to switch away from liquid fuels when feasible. http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/more_highlights.cfm]

below, there are only 53.3 years before we run out of fossil fuels. Therefore, alternative fuels plays a big role

The projected timeline of 200 years for the use of fossil fuels is of course concerning. Lignite coal and peat have served their purpose over the years, and have sustained our society somewhat adequately until recently. Changing times and technology have shown us that the greenhouse gasses are doing substantially more

The industrial revolution began around the 1800’s and ever since then fossil fuels have been at the forefront of the economy. In 2011 83% of the worlds energy needs were supplied by fossil fuels however, the consumption of these fuels is growing, in 2014 oil usage increased by 0.8% and coal and natural gas increased by 0.4%. This wouldn’t have been an issue if fossil fuels were renewable but as it takes millions of years of extreme heat and pressure to produce these fuels, using them faster than they can replenish themselves is going to cause problems on a

As humans continue to generate more carbon emissions and other harmful gases to the atmosphere, climate change and global warming slowly happens. People have sought ways to reduce carbon emissions by switching to other sources that are both renewable and clean. Over the centuries, people were able to harness energy from other resources besides coal and petroleum. Alternative energy resources produce little to no carbon at all thus, reducing carbon emissions. Alternative energy sources include wind energy, solar energy, hydroelectric energy, biomass energy, and nuclear energy. Only twenty-two percent of the world’s electricity is from renewable energy leaving seventy-eight percent to fossil fuels. Although all alternative resources reduce carbon emissions, most of these energies are not affordable, efficient, or portable, making alternative resources not able to fully eliminate all fossil fuel usage. Out of all the renewable resources, it seems nuclear energy rises to the top with the lowest land and location usage,and highest availability and efficiency.compared to other alternative energy sources. Nuclear energy is the best. (Toshi)

Sadly, there’s a limited amount of fossil fuel in the world. Humans need to consume it in a smart way. Instead of using it for factories or transportation, they have use it as minimum as they can. Humans use products that are made from fossil fuels, plastic is made of plants and oil or natural gas, which means it’s

All of the proven sources of oil will be depleted by the year 2055 according to Erika Antoniazzo, a woman who is well read in terms of oil production.(eco-info.net) On the other hand, renewable resources can never be depleted. There will always be wind that can blow turbines. There will always be a sun to heat solar panels. There will always be water to run through dams. The power that can be drawn from these sources is limitless, which is obviously more sustainable than fossil fuels, which clearly has a limit. Scientists are developing technology in the field of nuclear fusion (the process in which the sun creates its energy), which if obtained will provide an infinite amount of power. These alternative sources of energy will provide energy for the world until the end of time.

Many people are scared that we are wasting too much of our fossil fuels. They think that if we keep going at our current rate, we will quickly use up all of our fossil fuels. People need to try to consider all of the facts so that we can make good ethical decisions. It would be very wise to invest in alternatives to fossil fuels.

Basically, first, we cannot consume the energy that is coming from fossil fuel for a long time because it leads to depletion that source. Another concern is climate change that is to give us a main indicator to redefining the energy security (Crowley2000 cited in HEZRI &WILHELM HOFMEISTE, 2012).