Which will be the next fuel that will move the world?

Question

When the oil reserves have been finished.

Answer 1

It almost definitely won't be a food product or by-product.  These cause too much upward pressure on the price on food products by creating a food shortage (see, "corn, 2008")  This means anything based on rice or sugarcane has as little long-term potential as ethynol.

More likely, it will be a mixture of naturally produced energy and nuclear power.  A large percentage of US power already comes from hydroelectric damns, and with few exceptions most rivers capable of being damned already have been.  Wind power is a likely source in some locations but the "not in my backyard" mindset has kept it out of many locations because the locals view the turbines as eye-sores.

The most likely source will be nuclear power.  Other countries already receive more than half their power from nuclear plans (see, "France").  The US receives less than 20%.  As power plants (not cars) are by far the biggest use of fossil fuels in the world, a switch to nuclear power for our power plants would both extend the oil reserves throughout the world and cause significant downward pressure on oil demand, resulting in lower prices.

Answer 2

I say uranium because for that to fill up your car with gas all you would have to do is drop a pelet of itin the car. Or Fusion energy.

Answer 3

Recently, its been noted that Chinese farmers have been using rice straw to make a kind of oil which can heat homes and run stoves. Now they're modifying it so it can fuel cars.. If that works out, they will hold the crown over this world

Answer 4

paper..waste..banana peels.. orange peels. beer cans... egg shells

Answer 5

Nuclear bombs, to reduce population

Answer 6

Definitely ethanol. But when we move to this fuel source, we will have to make a decision in this country. Millions of people are fed with our corn (ethanol is a by-product of corn) in Mexico because it is cheaper to import it from the US than to pay their own farmers. We will have to decide if we want to continue feeding a country completely dependant on us or fill up our gas tanks one more time.

Answer 7

Coca-Cola

Answer 8

Solar is my guess--plentiful and cheap. It got life started in the first place...

Answer 9

Wind and Solar. I know this retired couple who is living on an Island in the Caribbean and they are totally self-sufficient using energy generated by wind and sunlight.

It's cheap (free) so the capitalists won't like it.

Answer 10

ethynol from cane sugar. they're already using it in Brazil and they are completely independant and non reliant on oil as fuel.