Out of Gas?

Emissions from the tailpipe of the car in front of you, smoke dispersing from a smokestack and forming a black haze around the horizon, or the strange black tint in the water left over from an oil spill years ago. These are all types of pollution and are all caused by one common entity: fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are fuels created naturally within the Earth. Whether by adding to the greenhouse effect, reshaping a landscape …

…is clear now that more advanced, cleaner, and better sources of energy are available. Renewable energy sources need to be developed and eventually utilized to replace fossil fuels before their supplies run out or irreparable damage is done to the environment, be it natural, economic, or political. When renewables finally get the support they need to become a major contributor, the negative effects that fossil fuels have had on the world can finally be remedied.