With an ever-increasing demand for energy, and an ever-decreasing supply of energy producing resources, the whole world is heading towards a severe energy crisis. The world supplies of coal, oil, and gas are finite, and WILL run out, yet an increasing number of nations are becoming large-scale consumers as they become more industrialized and more sophisticated in their standard of living.
Add to all this the fact that the methods used currently to generate energy are known to be detrimental to the atmosphere, belching out greenhouse gasses and other pollutants. It is already known that these emissions are increasing the global warming problem, and as more and more power is generated using these traditional resources and methods of production, the problems will only worsen.
