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Imagine this scenario: One morning you
wake up, yawn, scratch yourself, and sit up. Wearily, you
stumble out of bed. You go to your refrigerator for a
glass of milk only to discover that the light inside does
not turn on and everything inside it has been sitting at
room temperature overnight and is quickly beginning to
spoil. "That's funny,"you think to yourself.
When you try to brew a cup of coffee the coffee maker
does not seem to want to start. Your gas stove won't turn
on, so it looks like there'll be no bacon and eggs this
morning. As you sit down with your bowl of dry cereal,
you glance out the window and wonder why there is no
newspaper. You pick up your cordless phone to call the
newspaper and complain, but it doesn't turn on either.
You begin to panic and you run out to the car. It won't
start. "What's going on?" you think to
yourself. "Why doesn't anything work?"
Does
this sound like the beginning to some strange science
fiction novel? Well, the scenario we just illustrated
could be very real indeed. Together, fossil fuels (coal,
petroleum, natural gas, and their derivatives) provide
more than 85% of the energy used by mankind today.
Unfortunately, the reserves of those fuels are not
infinite. Scientists predict that within the next two
centuries we will run out of those valuable energy
sources. Clearly, something must be done. But what?
The goal of this web page is to teach you, the viewer,
more about the different methods of energy production
that are in use or are being researched now. Will we turn
more and more to hydroelectric power to serve our energy
needs? Or will we perhaps someday discover the secret of
fusion and thus be guaranteed a virtually inexhaustable
energy source? Only time will tell. But this site will
help educate its visitors about the energy crisis so that
at least we will be informed. Perhaps someday, through
the interactive game or the public message board, someone
will come upon THE solution to our energy problems. Until
then, enjoy the site, and prepare to learn why
"Energy Matters."
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