Alternative Energy Resources and Human Dependence on Oil

Human dependence on alternative energy sources and petroleum is brought into the modern world by oil (Youngquest, 1998). This reality has constantly changed the times of modern times over the past 200 years, has changed the way of life and economy, has brought tremendous change and development. However, these changes not only paved the way for modernization and development but also opened the way to the environmental crisis the world faces (Bodley, 2008). Environmental crisis is a decline in the quality of the environment caused by human intervention in the process of nature.

Resource-based survival and livelihood of most people in developing countries depend on biomass resources rather than coal, petroleum, and nuclear power. Their energy consumption (in addition to human energy and power energy) is mainly for survival needs for cooking. Because of these needs, most people rely on biomass resources such as firewood charcoal, crop residues, animal waste. However, this biomass resource base has deteriorated 11. Therefore, the time and effort required to meet the minimum home energy demand are increasing with generations. Since many families rely on the collection or receipt of biomass fuel as a fee for the services to be offered, the national energy account is often insufficient to represent the importance of biomass fuel as an energy source.

What is Alternative Energy? An alternative energy is a kind of energy that generates energy using natural resources. There are three main alternative energy sources that can be used to replace fossil fuels: nuclear power, sunlight, wind power and hydraulic power. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are decreasing and eventually will be depleted. The use of fossil fuels generates greenhouse gases, which poses environmental hazards. Alternative energy is harmless to the environment