<p>This may not be a college related topic but I’d be interested in your points of view on this issue since finding alternative energy sources affects everything from employmen trates and the economy to national security and the environment and sinc emany people here are involved in the societies biggest issues and problems and are researchers. </p>
<p>One thing we know for sure: our primary fossil fuel sources of energy are pollutants and are finite. We will run out. And when we do, if an alternative source of energy is not commercially available, the economic problems will have now will look like a picnic compared to what we will have then. It could, fighting for the last drop of oil, also cause wars between us and “friends” like China which will, by then, be consuming almost as much fuel as we do. </p>
<p>Just interested in your thoughts please.</p>
<p>I remember in micob, seeing those little globs of oil in them cells. </p>
<p>It’s worth a try. Lots to gain. Much to lose. Good way to fix some CO2, produce some O2, cleanup some water and put convert unproductive deserts into valuable realestate. Also make some SW Republicans happy with all that subsidy. :)</p>
<p>good article this week in the Wall Street Journal how Shell has switched its focus on alternative energy. I know lots of $$ are being spent by public corps and private equity to find solutions. I think the exact answer varies by geography, so there will be no one-size fits all solution. In equatorial climates, biomass is a real solution, as it grows quickly. Algae could be be the answer if you are near a water source. </p>
<p>PS - I think China does consume more fossil fuel as the US on a gross basis. The typical measure, however, is per capita, so they look less piggish than the US, however that gap is closing quickly.</p>