Energy options: Our current situation is untenable

EVERY source of energy is controversial. Oil, gas and coal — and turf — are climate-altering pollutants sometimes linked to political and economic complications that can jeopardise supply. 

Oil shapes our economies in a definitive way. This reality is underlined by the recent fall in fuel prices, a boon provoked by cheaper oil on international markets.

How long this situation will last is anyone’s guess but we all know it cannot last for ever.