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Fossil Energy Sources includes Coal , Natural Gas , and Petroleum , out of which petroleum dependence poses the most immediate consequences due to limited supplies that may reach maximum production much sooner than other resources, see Peak Oil . Petroleum dependence consists on the reliance of a nation or other entity upon the discovery, mass production, and distribution of Fossil Fuel s and related products, frequently by another nation (i.e. OPEC ) or monopolistic or Oligolopolistic group, comparing petroleum Extraction and Refining to renewable energies, which originary sources (i.e. sun or wind) are more generally distributed on the world and for the citizens. Political effects of oil dependence include , Lung Cancer and other Pollution -related diseases. Reduction in oil dependence is impeded by financial incentives favorable to petroleum companies, large infrastructure investments, Corruption and cultural inertia. As an example, cars and vans consume 35% of s. http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/testimony/2007test/050107testwm.pdf ALTERNATIVES Nuclear Nuclear Power currently has the ability to replace other forms of electricity generation, this does not include a large number of petroleum uses, though some new technology like Hydrogen deal with the problem of allowing electricity production to replace petroleum uses in transportation. Since the beginning of the Anti-nuclear Movement , however, there have been people who have claimed that the production of high level nuclear waste and damage done by Uranium Mining is comparable to the environmental damage done by coal or petroleum.http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2007/webArticles/022607_energy.htm. Renewable energies Due to the impact of oil on the environment limited supplies alternatives are considered; in the more or less long term, the replacement of this energy by another which is more sustainable. Renewable Energies are alternatives to fossil fuels in the production of electricity. Other technologies may allow them to replace petroleum in transportation. SEE ALSO
;Fossil fuels
;Peak Oil REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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