Fast-forward to 50 years from now and this long drive may just remain a figment of our imagination. It’s time to face the grim reality. As humans of the early 21st century, we are addicted to fossil fuels. From our early morning tea, the car we drive to the late-night TV show binge, every aspect of our existence is run by coal, oil and natural gas. They are prerequisites for the running of any industry, business or public transport comprehensible. In the not-so-distant future, the earth will run out of all non-renewable sources of energy.

The formation of fossil fuels is an incredibly slow process. It was after millions of years, that remains of dead plants and animals deep inside the earth’s crust, were transformed into fossil fuels. Today, fossil fuels are being exploited rapidly, depleting the finite reserves at an unprecedented rate. World consumption of primary energy tremendously increased from 3.8 billion tonnes of oil equivalent in 1965 to 13.17 billion tonnes in 2015. Global warming is keeping in step with fossil fuel usage, as alarming levels of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere every day.