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A Hybrid Future; As the age of oil wanes, what will take its place? A little bit of everything.(Brief Article)(Cover Story)

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"Solutions wanted. No idea too weird." If a classified ad could sum up the world's energy problem, this would be it. Experts generally agree that our current reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable. Already oil is near $50 per barrel, and the great millions of Chinese and Indians destined to take to the road in the next decades have not yet gotten behind the wheel. If the clamor over global warming seems apocalyptic now, just wait until those two countries are as developed as the West.

At the same time, even with higher oil prices, clean energy sources like wind and solar--not to mention hydrogen, an unproven technology barely off the drawing ...

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