One thing that I would not be able to give up is my use of energy specifically fossil fuels. The United States gets 81% of its energy from coal, oil or natural gas according to needtoknow.nasa.edu and I rely on that energy. We use these fossil fuels to heat homes, power cars, power industry and manufacture. Without these fossil fuels, the world would take a step back in innovation. Until another reliable source is found, I need these energy sources.

Nuclear energy, hydro, and geothermal are all year round sourse of reliable energy that could replace co2 emissions from fossil fules. In 2016 around 20% of energy in the USA produced was nuclear. It produced  805TWh more than enough to power any house.

Even though we might desire these fuels to power our everyday things, it is not a need, and we could use better things for the environment such as solar, hydro, and other fuels that could replace these carbon emitting fuels.

I agree that the world is not in a position to abruptly stop using fossil fuels, but you can still reduce your emissions by being conscious of it. For example, ride the bus or carpool when possible, wear a jacket or grab an extra blanket rather than crank up the heat, use a little electricity as possible, and recycle/compost waste. You also spoke of how fossil fuels are essential for the economy, and right now they are, but the problems that will likely occur due to higher emissions could be very bad for the economy as well. For example, warmer and more acidic oceans could destroy many maritime industries. Increased CO2 can also increase the number and severity of droughts, which of course can reduce the amount of food we can produce, therefore making it less accessible and more expensive.

This is true fossil fuels is a very big part of our lives and without it our world would probably not even function right. It is hard to say we can completely rely on solar or geothermal or hydro energy because I honestly think not many people can afford this energy and all of this energy combined will not be able to power everything that we have that needs energy including our cars. I would like to be optimistic and say we have another option other than fossil fuels, but I honestly do not have enough information to confidently say we can completely transition. I also do not know if we can completely transition anytime soon because if we could we would have.  At the same time we might be have been able to transition, but the people who our making millions from gas stations and other things that make a lot of money from fossil fuels probably do not want to transition.

I totally agree with you Owen, but we need to start using a new reliable source because we don't know when we will run out of fossil fuel.  More people need to start using power that doesn't emit carbon fuel.  I think as a country we should try and prove to the rest of the world there are other reliable energy sources such as hydro power, wind power, solar power, etc.

I also agree with Owen but what other effective and reliable source of energy that is truly up with Fossil fuels in creating energy. It is said that 66.9% of the U.S. Electric Energy Consumption is made up of Fossil Fuels while 33.1% are other sources. That is more than double the percent of Other sources to Fossil Fuels. I believe that once we find a source that is does not emit carbon fuel and is just as effective as Fossil fuels at making electric I believe that things might start to turn to the better but we need to do it quick. Here is the link of the pie chart.  [Fossil-Fuels-U](//muut.com/u/footprint/s2/:footprint:Nlk0:fossilfuelsu.s.electricitygenerationmar2016update.png.jpg)