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ran88dom99	Feb 19 2012, 6:36pm Anchor
ran88dom99	AIs built in 2013 will fix everything.
Zultra	Mar 17 2012, 2:47pm Anchor
Zultra	One way out of this, Nuclear power, safer reactors are being developed and they can last for a while.
thekindred	Mar 17 2012, 3:00pm Anchor
thekindred	No resource is infinite. Oil will run out, it is only a matter of when, but with all the alternatives available and scientists creating synthetics I am sure things will end up being fine. It will be rough but not world altering...at least I hope its not. lol
Flash112	Mar 17 2012, 4:35pm Anchor
Flash112	Cold fusion reactors are the thing i am placing my bet.. They are already being built/experimented in France, Japan and Russia and some other place, i cant recall... As for energy resources i am not to worried, i am more worried about producing things (plastic and other things made from oil products) Edited by: Flash112 -- Think It. Sketch It. Create It. Repeat.
thekindred	Mar 17 2012, 8:16pm Anchor
thekindred	Fusion is going to be awesome when it come's to fruition but currently I beleive it is considered economically unsustainable.
Flash112	Mar 17 2012, 8:41pm Anchor
Flash112	thekindred wrote:Fusion is going to be awesome when it come's to fruition but currently I beleive it is considered economically unsustainable. true, they are now going for the "Breakpoint" if thats the word (translated it from my language, where it sounds good) where the reactor will be able to produce so much power that it can sustain itself and satisfy our need for huge amounts of electricity as long as we load fuel in it.. -- Think It. Sketch It. Create It. Repeat.
thekindred	Mar 18 2012, 12:51am Anchor
thekindred	Flash112 wrote: thekindred wrote:Fusion is going to be awesome when it come's to fruition but currently I beleive it is considered economically unsustainable. true, they are now going for the "Breakpoint" if thats the word (translated it from my language, where it sounds good) where the reactor will be able to produce so much power that it can sustain itself and satisfy our need for huge amounts of electricity as long as we load fuel in it.. I don't beleive that is accurate. From my understanding most of the scientific community beleives it will be at least 2050 before fusion is sustainable and usable.
Niteshade 3D Artist / Mobile game dev	Mar 18 2012, 2:35pm Anchor
Niteshade 3D Artist / Mobile game dev	If we don't have functional fusion power plants by 2050 (which is very plausible) then we better hope any of the green energy alternatives are cheaper than they are today. Edited by: Niteshade -- - Portfolio - LinkedIn
thekindred	Mar 18 2012, 2:46pm Anchor
thekindred	Niteshade wrote:If we don't have functional fusion power plants by 2050 (which is very plausible) then we better hope any of the green energy alternatives are cheaper than they are today. I just plan on modifying my car to run on the Taco Bell run off from my ass.
934gamerguy	Mar 23 2012, 9:31pm Anchor
934gamerguy	we have more then enough oil, but most of it is too expensive to extract. soon enough, when companies realize this they will tap into the stuff that is harder to get. we will have enough oil to last hundreds of years. we need to more worry about our fresh water. which is quickly being used up and is being polluted.
Skylar15 Some random dude	Oct 6 2012, 2:14pm Anchor
Skylar15 Some random dude	What we need to do is to learn to live without Oil, make stuff ran by electricity, and generate power without oil. -- WARNING: I am not responsible if this post gives you or a loved one any illness.
xXFluffyMaidenXx	Mar 10 2013, 8:41am Anchor
xXFluffyMaidenXx	Are we talking about oil as fuel or oil as a source for manufacturing plastics? As far as fuel goes, I think we'll have refined solar energy and other such resources enough by then. but for plastics it's hard to imagine how electronics would be constructed safely without use of plastic insulation and casings.