Searching for future energy sources

Many ideas, some seemingly sensible others rather hard to get you head around, are being explored in the hope of resolving future energy shortages.

What will the energy of tomorrow be like?

Beyond finding the energy of the future, the hope is that such a discovery might in some way mitigate climate change.

The Guardian, in a story headed: “Turning carbon dioxide emissions into chemicals, fibres and jet fuel”, discusses the fact that scientists are using the principles of photosynthesis to turn CO2 emissions into useful products.

Some ideas being considered are wonderfully exciting, but they overlook, pretty much entirely, that the introduction of some form of new energy source would only work when backed with an infrastructure system.

To replace our oil-based energy system, even if we went to all electric vehicles, including personal cars, the replacement of existing infrastructure would cost billions of dollars.