If some scientists predict global warming with take over the world in the near future, about 100, 150 years later, and

Question: If some scientists predict global warming with take over the world in the near future, about 100, 150 years later, and all fuel fossils will be gone, then what is the point trying to recycle and save the fuel fossils when we should be spending our time designing a world suitable to live in without the constant need for fuel fossils. For example in todays lesson of Science we noticed how little sulphur dioxide is made in Iceland, this is because they rely on other eco friendly renewable energy systems such as wind turbines, wave turbines e.t.c. converting energy from natural kinetic and heat energy.
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Asked by slickdragon64 to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips on 22 Jun 2011.
- Rhys Phillips answered on 22 Jun 2011:
  
  Good point. The reason is at the moment, we don’t have anything that could completely replace fossil fuels so we do need to preserve them as much as possible. In doing so, we are also developing methods that would reduce our reliance on them.
- Helen Fletcher answered on 22 Jun 2011:
  
  I think a lot of people are spending time developing renewable energy systems and other alternatives to fossil fuels, but until such alternatives have been developed to sufficiently meet the world’s demands, we need to make the most of the fossil fuels that are left.
- Ian van der Linde answered on 22 Jun 2011:
  
  The problem is that we need a ‘stop gap’ while we are working on alternative fuels. If we suddenly stopped using fossil fuels tomorrow, progress on alternatives would grind to a halt because industry and transport don’t have the capacity to function without it.