If We Turn to Alternative Resources, We Have to Conduct More Research and Spendmillions in Development, Regardless of How Much or How Little We Rely on Alternativesources of Fuel. Also, There Is No "Magic Fuel" That

If we turn to alternative resources, we have to conduct more research and spendmillions in development, regardless of how much or how little we rely on alternativesources of fuel. Also, there is no "magic fuel" that will solve our energy needs.Do you see how maintaining the way things are and riding the line leaves you withtwo unsolved problems instead of one? The trick is finding another approach thatsatisfies the problem on all fronts. This isn't an easy task, and it's not something that willbe solved instantly by and economic guru or the decisive action of a single politician.Like any addiction, the problem isn't finding the next fix; it's breaking thedependency and finding a safe way to do so. This means that the solution is a reductionof energy use worldwide, not merely finding alternative sources or more oil, but bycutting energy use on wide scale. If you consider this the solution, however, the problembecomes increasingly more complex.The first step is a realization that the Earth only creates so much energy each year,and that by using forms of energy that are not easily renewed, we are essentiallyrobbing the environment and only worsening a number of human problems, such aspoverty. Unfortunately, attempting to bring about a worldwide acceptance of this fact isas lofty and unrealistic a goal as wishing for more oil or easy alternative solutions. Likelythis truth will not be believed without a traumatic world event, such as the collapse of the oil industry. The truth is the United States' oil addiction is merely a symptom of amuch larger problem that goes back much further the first drilling in Titusville.