10-03-2015, 09:05 PM
(10-03-2015, 07:09 PM)Blutarsky Wrote: I don't ever expect a C-5 cargo jet delivering supplies to a earthquake ravaged county on the other side of the world to be flying on solar power.
....even though solar flight has been accomplished.
I suspect the vast majority of oil is used for heating homes, cars and producing electricity.
There are alternatives, but they are economically and/or environmentally unviable. But this is changing, and 20 years from now things will probably be very different.