Peak problems

So why don’t we solve this problem by using energy from other sources? One obstacle is that we run our automobiles, heat our homes and power our airplanes with a liquid energy oil. Wind, natural gas and nuclear and solar energy just don’t come in a convenient liquid form.

A second major obstacle is quantity. The world consumes 85 million barrels of oil each day. Even the loss of a small percentage of that is an enormous amount to replace, whatever the alternative energy source may be.

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