Fossil fuels power our lives and have for over a century. They are non-renewable sources of energy that take millions of years to develop and provide us with power to light and heat our homes, drive our vehicles, and build our modern lifestyles.
The United States gets 81% of its total energy from oil, coal, and natural gas, all of which are fossil fuels. We depend on those fuels to heat our homes, run our vehicles, power industry and manufacturing, and provide us with electricity.
Source: think-liberty.com
Eventually, the degree to which we depend on fossil fuels will have to decline as the planet’s known supplies diminish, the difficulty and cost of tapping remaining reserves increase, and the effect of their continued use on our world grows more critical. But shifting to new energy sources will take time.
One of the most aggressive pieces of climate change legislation in Congress, Tulsi Gabbard’s “OFF Fuels for a Better Future Act” would mandate a dramatic move away from fossil fuels.
Source: phys.org
The plan would require electric utilities to use 80% renewable resources by 2027 and 100% by 2035. Also, it would set similar goals for car emissions, mandating zero emissions by 2050. Finally, it would end all subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuels, and it would ban fracking.
If humans continue moving forward in such a harmful way towards the future, then there will be no future to consider.
-By Tulsi Fans
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