Technological advances or Fuel sources?

Which one is more important in your eyes? Why?

 

I think technological advances are more important because if you look at this:
http://video.google.com/videosearch...=en&sitesearch=#q=The Energy non crisis&hl=en
You will find something called the energy non crisis.I haven't looked at any of it really but my dad was telling me what it was about.We don't have to worry.On top of that,with technological advances is the chance for improved living conditions,cures for diseases like cancer and of the advancing of the comprehention of the fact that even though we have gas and oil and such, that it needs to changes not rapidly but slowlly.

 

I hear it lasting lasting 200 hundred years, but won't we be dead before then? Isn't burning oil destroying the ozone layer? Before the 200 hundred years is up humans will be burnt to death from no protection, or am I wrong? I am not sure.

 

Technological advances are easily more important as part of the fossil fuel problem is going to be resolved BY the use of technological advances. Without technological studies and all, we would not be where we are today and I'd say more the enemy of problems is bureaucracy, corporate protection and money that is used corruptly to keep inventors from exploring other energy options than fossil fuels. Now that people are genuinely caring more about such things (though not everyone because idiots still want to depend on oil and it's even a major fight of this election we have coming up) we can fight and do more to try to remove the excess carbon dioxide. However, without technological advances we'd have no way of researching that so in the end, we need to depend on people's inventiveness that is natural and has been there since early hominids if we are to rise above this and not all fall into a great state of chaos and destruction.

 

Repliku speaks the truth. We can't find new, nondestructive fuel sources without the technological advances that are and have been happening.

I'd like to also add that maybe we should stop finding ways to make our iPods smaller and start dealing with the problems that are facing us in terms of the emissions from cars. :l

 

Well, it looks like everyone has said it before me, but...

Technological advances. Through these advances an alternative fuel source can be made.

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Ok before I start shooting my mouth of, I want to know what these other 'non-destructive' fuels people talk about, if we have any?
And if we don't have any, what ype of research is going on for it?

 

Non-destructive fuel sources basically means those which do not destroy anything in the process of providing energy, or rather cause no permanent damage in doing so.

There is a currently theoretical energy source which is unlimited. Zero-point energy. The theory behind this states that a completely empty section of space will still have a certain amount of energy in it, and a square inch of space has enough energy to provide for humanities energy needs for a billion years (I think ._.). This doesn't even break the Law of Conservation of Energy as the energy is already there before we use it, so it is not being created. Of course, this is still theoretical and there is currently no way to tap into this energy source.

There are many fuel sources out there which require further technological advances before they can be used, or used to their full potential.

So I would go with technological advances.

 

What about solar power, wind power, water power etc that we have today? People can run houses now fully off the grid if they want to and also using wind power, if you generate more than your house needs for power the electric company will pay -you- for donating that energy to the grid which helps power other homes etc. Countries are also working on making more wind fans etc for power generation in the oceans though some rich dorks complain it ruins their views of the coast line. Which it doesn't but they feel the need to gripe any way.

There are also other methods being researched including an oil made from bacteria that may be used instead of fossil fuels that emits apparently no carbon. Hydrogen cars emit only water vapor though they need to work on making them more efficient in mileage, and electric cars have potential too if they could get stronger lasting batteries. There are also companies that use waste materials from dumps as energy which helps lower garbage. These specialized places take work and inventiveness to make happen. But it is through invention that we can hope to be better off and help our world at the same time. Without these advances we can't do much at all and if we just stop people will be dependent on oil or we will reduce to wars over things not improving. So again, technological advances really is the only way to get us out of this mess we are in and we also have to ignore these corps that try to bind us and stop voting for politicians that want to promote dependency on oil as if it's the only thing out there.

 

I'm not sure how to quite put this but I'll try and say it.

The fuel source Bunter talks abou tis only a theory and still not anywhere to being useful, and until we have any results in can be a fuel source it doesn't convince me that it is more important than our current fuel sources 'crisis'.

While Repliku, mentions that we have wind turbines and so on as a fuel source, I don't believe it will solve any problems, just lower the figures down a bit. I mean you can't run the entire world with hydro power and so on, it doesn't solve it, it just lowers it.

I'm trying to say that research into new technologies and the current pieces of technolgy we use both need fuel for them to work. It seems hard to believe that the more fuel we use for research will make benefits to new fuel sources. I'm not sure if I put it correct but that's your opinion.

 

Yup, this pretty much sums up everyone's argument who chose technological advances. Completely true.

 

They're both pretty important, though one is a need, the other is a desire.

I think technological advances are the most important here. Since we can all live without oil if we were forced to. Though we need oil in this time, so finding alternate fuel is a bit more important.

 

um, you need fuel sources to run technology let alone research it. In this current time we depend on technology which depends on fuel sources, one of the reasons why it is a tough issue that gives no solid answer for people.