Alternate Energy Sources?

Question

Fuel Prices are soaring, although this is hardly suprising, as we've all know for Decades that Oil was a finite source of Energy.

I wonder how much research is being done into finding an alternative and Viable source of Energy to replace it, because in the long term, things are going to get much worse !

Surely if Governments, want to help reduce Inflation and the Risk of Recession, they would try to help these alternate's along

Answer 1

Tons of it - especially now that a buck can be made on alternative energy:

Ethanol

Gas/Electric Hybrid

Compressed air engine

Wind

Wave/Tidal

Photovoltaic

Solar Thermal

Geo Thermal

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Battery technology

Nuclear fusion

Nuclear Fission

Clean Coal

Coal gasification

Methane Hydrates

Super capacitors

Everyday in the news there is a report of funding (public and private) into alternative energy research and development.

Answer 2

Lot of research is on progess such as wind energy utilization,tidal energy utilization, solar energy utilization and conservation of energy through minimization and optimum utility of available technologies and materials.