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the burgeoning use of low- or no-carbon resources such as natural gas and nuclear power provide hope that peak oil will not be the calamitous event that some are predicting.
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Between 1990 and 2005, output from renewable energy sources such as geothermal, solar, and wind grew by 152 percent. But those numbers must be kept in perspective. By 2005, the total combined production from all of those sources amounted to less than 1 percent of global energy use, according to the Energy Information Administration.
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By 2005, the total combined production from all of those sources amounted to less than 1 percent of global energy use, according to the Energy Information Administration.
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Trillions of dollars have been invested in the existing energy infrastructure, which provides consumers with electricity, gasoline, jet fuel, and myriad other commodities. Changing that infrastructure—nearly all of which has been built to harness carbon-based fossil fuels—to a system dominated by renewable and alternative energy sources will take many decades.
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18 Jul 08
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