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What about windmills? They don't really pollute, and they produce enough energy to power a whole decent sized town with one windmill farm. You see them all the time in Japan (where they're also 100 times better at recycling, but that's not the point). Or were you talking about gas? Well, with gas, cars can be engineered to run off of vegetable oil instead of oil... And I dunno if this is true or not, but I heard that someone made a car that was powered by water. Which is why offshore drilling will only feed our greed more, as well as the possibility of an oil spill that could kill tons of animals and take years and years to clean up (*is a peta2 fan*) xD
Oh yeah... windmills... they're pretty awesome... wink

True, windmills are a very safe way of obtaining energy. However, there isn't always wind. In some areas, there is non stop gales. But in others, it would be like an annual event to have wind. Oh and also about the vegatable oil(I knew someone would say this) well, that is ethanol. And it still pollutes almost as much as gas. Also, has anyone heard about the shortage of corn? That's because farmers are selling more to car companies because they make more money off it. So if we want ethanol, be prepared to give up one of the worlds most eaten foods(not quite as much so as rice though). Oh and about the car running on water. Okay, they recently made one that runs on air and I believe I've heard of one that runs on water(but it sounds like someone got mixed up). Well, think of all the people that work at gas stations that would become jobless. Also, if a car runs on water, it can only go a certain distance per gallon and a certain speed(if it's possible). There is however, a new car I read about on Yahoo that runs on air. But if it runs on air, then how fast can it really go? If it goes 35 miles per gallon(or however you would classify air for a fuel) then it's bound to not be able to go 120 mph. Plus it seats maybe 2 and all in all doesn't provide much comfort. Now we being humans need everything perfect so if we aren't comfortable, then no one will by the car and the car will go off sale. It's a matter of what humans are willing to do for the planet. I myself support alternate fuel but still, humans have to make life more complex than the Earth itself to be comfortable. We're just too adapted. But going further into the subject of using water to power cars, how? How would water work? We can't burn it and water can't move one its own so we would have to move it with another force. Same with air. I bet that no matter what someone says a car runs on today, it still burns even the slightest amount of fossil fuels.

#1) We're not giving corn up completely but the supply is running low. Plus, once we run out of oil, then you'll be lucky to find a piece of korn(that's how I spell it) on the ground. Farmers will make a fortune whereas we will be out of such important food.

#2) Windmills probably kill more than bats but yes they kill them. And several species of bats are endangered and eat bugs(thank g-d for someone volunteering!). However, it isn't the weakest energy source. That title would probably belong to, as ridiculous as this sounds, running hamsters on the wheels that are connected to electric wires.

#3)Hybrids are one type of car that doesn't run on much gas. While it drives that is. You have to plug them into your house and then buy more gas for your house to burn as much gas as the hybrid would need to go a certain distance. Plus what if you're lost and your hybrid runs out of electricity? You're in big trouble that's what.

But more people eat fish. Plus that's another mildly weak energy source.

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ok back to being serious...

Yeah, but aren't they expensive? Sorry, I twitch at the word "nuclear," because I hate nukes... with a passion... but yeah, what about the level of pollution...? It could accumulate over a long (or short) period of time and cause massive CO2 emissions... even if they do decay quickly...

So basically, either way, the world has gotten itself in so deep that there's no real hope for a green future... @.@

I know, I'm a pessimist... xD