How can energy resources be managed in a sustainable manner?

Question

I need to concentrate on:

-fossil fuels - coal and oil

-fast growing biomass

-gasohol from sugar

-biogas from domestic and agricultural waste

Thanks

Answer 1

1) Cut back on consumption of oil resources by

2) Using geothermal, solar, people power, biogas, gasohol, etc.

3) meeting needs thru non-consumptive activities, ie, excercise, walking, helping someone, singing, meditating, dancing, laughing ..... fill up with things that REALLY meet your needs...

friendship, creativity, pets -

  REDUCE (consumption)

RE-USE

RECYCLE

MOST plastics & synthetics are made from  oil - use natural materials whenever possible.

Answer 2

most of these produce methanol or co2 during or after processing. The only way to manage them in a sustainable manner is to be able to convert the after-the-fact greenhouse gases into cleaner gases.

Answer 3

Via the free market.  The pricing mechanism ensures that supply matches demand just as it does for every other resource.

Answer 4

Subsidies for *non*renewable fuels need to be removed, and the costs of security for oil infrastructures need to be priced into the end product (probably a tax).  A Pigouvian (or pollution) tax could also be used to reflect the cost to the environment.