Thread: What is the most important engineering problem of our future?
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Re: What is the most important engineering problem of our future?
Al has my vote. Oil replacement.
And not just for the world of power generation.

I just want to highlight what he said...
Plastics are oil based. Look around you right now - how much plastic do you see?

By the way - I'm of the belief that the world will not run out of oil. As supply lowers, demand will increase, and cost will increase. So you might not run out of oil, but someday you'll have to pay $500 for a gallon of gasoline, or $75 for a plastic ball point pen. Someone will figure need to figure a way out of that...
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