A essay on a world without oil
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The President of the United States has recently announced that by the start of the year 2012, the nations of the world will no longer be able to acquire oil. Once a world dependent on petroleum, we will now have to thrive as a species without it. The world we know today will never exist the same way again after we run out of the earth's oil. We rely on oil for nearly everything- transportation (which remember, all our goods are delivered around the world by), heat, energy plants, etc. So what does this mean for the world?
Our entire society is currently dependent upon oil. Large plants that produce our typical house hold foods use oil for their production. Even worse than that, our agricultural business heavily…show more content…
The electricity that the cars absorb comes from a power plant- the power plant relies on oil. While it may be saving oil, it is still using it up, and this will no longer be an option for us in the near future. While electricity can be chemically stored, that will only get us so far. We could use algae based fuels- they have been tested by the US Navy. Algae based fuels have been used to produce plastic, and potentially could help the world when we reach our desperate moments of oil shortage. Hydrogen is another way we can replace oil in the world, as it used for a source of energy. The problem faced with these alternatives is that they are not as strong and effective as petroleum is, and just like petroleum, they will eventually run out. Realistically, this is to be said about everything, and mankind will hopefully pull through and solve the problem.
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