Alternative Energy Supplies Must be implemented

Alternative Energy Supplies Must be implemented By: Jon Curry E-mail: bigj545@aol.com The U.S. oil supply is rapidly diminishing. Alternative energy sources must be implemented because oil is a scarce and non-renewable resource. Each year the U.S. consumes 6.2 billion barrels of oil, equivalent to 17 million barrels of oil each day (Coastal 67). The undiscovered U.S. OCS and gas resources combined with onshore reserves would amount to only 81.5 billion barrels of oil, enough …

…and man too needs to adapt to a new way. Burning oil is an outdated technology and must be phased out of use, as new energy sources are deployed. Bibliography Works Cited Advanced Alternative Energy. http://www.aaee.corp.com/ 2000 Holing, Dwight. Coastal Alert: ecosystems, energy, and offshore oil drilling. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 1990 Keeler, Barbara. Energy Alternatives Lucent Books, San Diego, CA 1990 State Energy Alternatives Homepage. http://www.eren.doe.gov.state_energy/ 2000