In article 7Q09c.11753$gA5.178465@attbi_s03, Newps wrote:
No problem. When the oil runs out in a few hundred years, if ever, we
will have already been using a different technology for awhile. There
are already electric cars.

....which ultimately are powered by gas/coal fired power stations.

Hydrogen fuel cells are being used by a few
cities now, etc.

Hydrogen is an energy storage medium, not a source. The hydrogen comes
from oil, and you lose some of the oil's energy in the process.

People have been raving about biodiesel, but guess what - biodiesel is
95% dead dinosaur and only 5% rape seed oil.

Not until we get over our hang-ups over nuclear energy will we have any
chance of kicking our oil habit, and we have to make a lot of big
improvements in nuclear energy first as well. Sort of hard since with
every passing year, society gets even more anti-nuclear power.

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