Alternative energy sources are too expensive and nowhere near reliable enough to replace fossil fuels.

No alternative form of energy is efficient enough to compete with fossil fuels at scale.

Many Parties have measures in place that encourage the switching from solid cooking fuels, such as biomass and coal, to cleaner alternative fuels, such as kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas and biogas.

The same number of Parties (52) is also considering alternative fuels in the transport subsector, with the greatest interest coming from Latin America.

No alternative form of energy is efficient enough to compete with fossil fuels at scale. Other than nuclear power which is still much more expensive than fossil fuels all of the known possibilities require significant research and development.

Germany doesn t have a low carbon alternative if it shutters its nuclear plants, and the same is true of most other countries. Alternative energy sources are too expensive and nowhere near reliable enough to replace fossil fuels.

This fits with the 12th Five Year Plan s new focus on innovation based strategic emerging industries energy conservation, new generation information technology, biotechnology, high end equipment manufacturing, renewable energy, alternative materials, and autos running on alternative fuels.

Using alternative energy sources such as solar cooking and electrical heating is effective, as is using fuels such as kerosene or coal rather than biomass.

Governments should be encouraged to adopt measures to reduce their countries' dependence on fossil fuels through conservation and encouraging the use of alternative energy sources.

Over time but this could take years consumers could invest in alternative energy sources and reduce demand for fossil fuels via carbon taxes and new technologies.

In the light of the global dependency on fossil fuels and diminishing supply, greater effort was needed to promote energy conservation, and develop alternative energy and renewable energy sources.

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There is no real alternative. High carbon growth is doomed, crippled by high prices for fossil fuels and killed off by the hostile physical environment that climate change will create.

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Despite all of the optimistic talk about wind, solar, geothermal, and other sustainable, non carbon emitting energy sources, no alternative is remotely ready to shoulder the energy burden currently borne by fossil fuels.

The fundamental problem is that green energy technologies are still very inefficient and expensive compared to fossil fuels. Deploying less efficient, more expensive alternative energy sources will hurt businesses and consumers, not help them.

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About half of the Parties considered switching to cleaner fuels, such as low sulphur fuels and LPG, from coal.

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The Kyoto Protocol allows countries to meet their target reductions of CO2 emissions by substituting bio fuels for fossil fuels.

The bad news is they re rocket fuels.

Electricity is thermally generated using imported fuels.

MILAN There are many problems with fossil fuels.

Development of non energy uses of fossil fuels

Of course, fossil fuels brought their own environmental problems.

By shifting to alternative energy sources, economizing on energy use, and capturing and safely storing the carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuels, global society can limit its emissions of carbon dioxide to prudent levels at an estimated cost of under 1 of global income.

This politically devastating sentiment fuels resentment against markets and financiers.

The shift away from fossil fuels will not be easy.

Setting the long term goal to get off fossil fuels

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EU countries subsidized bio fuels production with 3.7 billion in 2006, and intend to cover 8 of their motor fuels from biological sources by 2015 and 20 by 2020.

It can be eliminated with cleaner fuels and new cooking technologies.

One recent theatre of (dis)content is that of renewable fuels.

Yet these alternatives are expensive, and cannot realistically replace fossil fuels.

The switch to fossil fuels has also had tremendous environmental benefits.

Steam reforming Fossil fuels are the dominant source of industrial hydrogen.

Biofuels. Liquid biofuels are renewable transport fuels made from plant materials.

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