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Do you think that it's smart to use so many nonrenewable resources for energy? I think we shouldn't,because we can use too many and then there would be no more. What sources of energy do you think would be better instead of fossil fuels?

Yea good point. It would be a good source, but it has it's problems.

Right all energy has its problems. Wind energy needs many windmills to make electricity, making us have to clear land for it. Hydroelectric recuires us to build dams, messing up water ecosystems. Nuclear if not used correcting could cause major damage to land, animals, and people around it. Then natural resources are giving off carbon dioxide heating up the atmosphere and causing global warming.

we don't have much natural resources left do we?

I notice that solar power was not mentioned. Now what, may I ask, is the problem with that? Oh, solar cells are expensive to produce. If our governments would subsidise their production they way they have coal, oil, and now biofuels, they wouldn't be as expensive. The sun is a constant. You wouldn't have to worry about running lines all over the place, as buildings could produce their energy independently. You don't have emissions.

The only downfall is that it needs the sun. Which, in certain extremities of the world (I'm talking about the polar regions, for those of you who are geographically impaired) is quite sparse during the winter months. But do you want to know what else is found in the polar regions? Hydrogen. Lots of hydrogen. Again, no emissions, and the fact that it's explosive... well, it's no more dangerous than the petrol that we use to run our cars. You've heard the stories about what happens when petrol stations explode. Not pretty.

There ARE alternate, nonextinguishable fuel sources out there. Our governments are just too cheap to pay for their startup costs.

I personally think that Solar power is the way to go. It is the most abundant power source there is. The reason people have not done it is because you only retain something like 45% of the power coming through solar panels. This is an idiotic excuse. I have seen plans that were proposed years ago that would have been providing 100% of the energy currently being used by the US IF they had been installed when proposed. With solar panels becoming more advanced, it seems to me that not using them for our power is just sheer stupidity.
I also suspect that one of the major problems is large companies. The government revolves around the support of large companies, and large companies only care about making money.

Yeah governments cant function without money and things that are expensive or not wanted by the companies supporting the governments get over looked by said governments