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frigginawthum asked:


In the future what will we use when all the natural oil is used up? Please explain why we would be using this alternative energy and how it works. A website with information about this topic would be helpful too.

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3 Responses to “What would be the most efficient and possible alternative energy resource to take the place of gas?”

1. big nickel Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 2:46 am

   old fashioned peddle power and those with money horses

2. Uncle Dud Says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

   I think the best alternative we have right now is Bio diesel from algaee.

3. Get Off The Grid Says:
   July 26th, 2008 at 12:41 am

   Without question, solar power.

   All our buildings will feature energy-efficient design, construction, and materials as well as renewable energy technologies. In effect, each building will both conserve energy and produce its own supply, to be one of a new generation of cost-effective zero-energy buildings that have no net annual need for nonrenewable energy.

   In photovoltaic research and development, there will be more breakthroughs in new materials, cell designs, and novel approaches to product development. In a solar future, your mode of transportation—and even the clothes you wear—could produce clean, safe electric power.

   With today’s technology roadmaps to lead the way, concentrating solar power will be fully competitive with conventional power-generating technologies within a decade. Concentrating solar power, or solar thermal electricity, could harness enough of the sun’s energy to provide large-scale, domestically secure, and environmentally friendly electricity, especially in the southwestern United States.

   The enormous solar power potential of the Southwest—comparable in scale to the huge hydropower resource of the Northwest—will be realized. A desert area 10 miles by 15 miles could provide 20,000 megawatts of power, and the electricity needs of the entire United States could theoretically be met by a photovoltaic array within an area 100 miles on a side.