“Surveying the available alternative energy sources for criteria such as energy density, environmental impacts, reliance on depleting raw materials, intermittency versus constancy of supply, and the percentage of energy returned on the energy invested in energy production, none currently appears capable of perpetuating this kind of society.” KindEnergyMaterialsSourceCapableImpactEnvironmentalProductionsAvailableOilAlternativesVersusReliancePercentagesCriteriaRaw MaterialsConstancyDensityEnergy SourcesPerpetuatingAlternative EnergyPeak OilEnvironmental ImpactEnergy Production Author:Richard Heinberg
“We are about to enter a new era in which, each year, less net energy will be available to humankind, regardless of our efforts or choices. The only significant choice we will have will be how we adjust to this new regime. That choice - not whether, but how to reduce energy usage and make a transition to renewable alternatives - will have profound ethical and political ramifications.” YearsPoliticalChoicesEnergyEffortProfoundEnvironmentalAvailableSignificantAlternativesErasEthicalTransitionRegimesHumankindUsageNew EraRamifications Book:The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies Source: The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
