Alternative energy costs keep falling

Will solar power and biofuels ever be up to par the challenge gasoline? They are many articles giving evidence that we will run out of petroleum way before alternative energy is available to everyone around the world, but Marc Roca believes that there might be a slight chance that alternative energy can fight the odds. In his article Alternative energy costs keep falling, he goes through many aspects explaining why production cost is decreasing. As a consultant said in the article, Ethanol derived from sugar-rich grasses and other non-edible substances may pose a credible challenge to gasoline by the end of the decade. They are finding new materials that are cheap therefore making the overall the production cheaper. They expect solar thermal projects and bio-fuel production to be at a higher successful level compared to other technologies such as offshore wind power, carbon capture and storage.

This article was a very informative article it give insight to the different type of alternative energy that they are trying to mass produce that we will be able to use for our houses and specially what type of fuel that they expect will be more success to use rather then gasoline. As a society we are very dependent on petroleum and its difficult for us to imagine using any other resource besides that. Slowly but surely we are coming to realization that the abuse we have done to the Earth’s will soon end we will need to find another source of energy. The transition is going to difficult and unwelcome, since we are a society that is sometimes afraid of change, but we are realizing that they are more efficient ways to do things that’ll benefit us and the Earth.