*Debate* Should we stop using fossil fuels and move on to a new energy source?

[Jin]

Fossil Fuels, it is what is powering your home everyday, it supplies the globes majority of energy in electricity. Fossil fuels are made over millions of years deep in the earths crust, it forms by heat and large amounts of pressure.

But if it has taken over a million years to form then surely we will run out someday and if we run out then what will power our cars, house, computers, iPods, planes and nearly every man made object.

The repercussions of using fossil fuels are much to great, in 1995 it was estimated that over 6000 million tons of Carbon Dioxide emmissions was added to earths atmosphere. All which add to Global Warming and the melting of the Polar Ice caps raising the sea level, which will eventually cut off the gulf stream partly responsible for keeping Britain a land of greenery during the winter.

What are your views? Should we move to a new energy source? What would happen if we did move what would the disadvantage of that energy source be?

Debate it.

[Wootzeh]

Obviously we should, somehow we should use air There was a car in the news that ran on air ;o That's the future :8
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/988265.stm

[8Freak8]

Well yeah obviously, but renewable energy power plants are so expensive to make and so unefficient that they take up looooooooooooads of space and look ugly.

People are happy to say "YAYAYAY renewable energy" but would they really want the fields around them full of windmills or solar panels?

[cocaine]

I think we should, pollution from gases etc are destroying the atmosphere and killing wildlife.

[Grindie]

It's very easy to say 'yeah, let's move on and use new energy', but the reality is, the human race will continue to burn away these precious fuels until we're forced to move on. We are actually slowly cutting down on this, but it has yet to show anything significant. Of course it would be nice to move on to a new energy source, but I don't think it would happen while we're alive...

[--ss--]

this is a very hard question as :

Fossil fuel is running out and would take millions of years to restore it , but if we sue modern fuel such as eletricity etc well itll be poluting the planet cuasing global warming but we can use fueal such as hydro and solar , just use our fuel aficintely (cant spell it )

[Nixt]

Once again I refer to "50 Facts That Should Change The World" By Jessica Williams. One of these facts is that, The World's Oil Reserves Will Be Exhausted in 40 Years.
I do believe that we should begin to convert to using renewable energies, it will help to stem the pollution problem, our reserves would be available for longer... But if that is to have any impact, we must also think about the other things that have an affect upon our environment, Cows farting for instance
The problem is, a transfer to renewable energy sources would be incredibly difficult and slow.. Many people would not like it.

[Nixt]

aficintely (cant spell it )

Efficiently?

[2hd.]

Very soon the earth's natural resources will of ran out. The problem is that the people who make the decisions about this are old men who won't be here in 40 years. We know that it is possible to power houses and heat water yet solar panels are barely popular? This is because people charge too much and in my opinion the government should step in and start converting a lot of these houses into solar energy for free, or subsidised prices. It isn't hard at all to fit a solar panel yet it isn't being done? As well as it benifiting the owner of the house with the fact that it costs lots and lots less.

[Sir Bonxalot]

Well yeah obviously, but renewable energy power plants are so expensive to make and so unefficient that they take up looooooooooooads of space and look ugly.

People are happy to say "YAYAYAY renewable energy" but would they really want the fields around them full of windmills or solar panels?

I would rather have a field full of windmills or solar panels rather than a shorter life expectancy because we're breathing in carbon monoxide etc. because of pollution.