Why we should go full throttle for alternative energy sources

   I just read an article in "The Cambodia Daily" titled "Center of gravity for Petrol Production Shifts to Americas". While its good that this tectonic shift is happening and leading to a prosperous South America.  However its atrocious that these companies are destroying the environment in disguise of meeting the energy needs of the people. The real motive is just to make quick money no matter what its human and environment cost. Its amusing that they justify their cost by misinforming consumers that the energy derived from fossil fuels is cheap. They do not include the cost of rendering the property useless, the harmful effect of toxic gases they spew into the environment, the economic subsidies they demand from the government and keeping the cost of energy artificially high. Otherwise how come none of the gas companies are ever bankrupt. On the contrary they always make billions of dollars of profit. If they really care for the people how come they have such massive profits and why don't they channel some of the profit into cleaner energy.
    Wind, Solar, Tidal and Biomass can readily bring down the cost of energy production to the fraction of the cost we pay for energy if these Oil Companies don't misinform and hamper the development by their lobbying. Our generation will be judged by the future as being one of the most selfish generation for not exhausting the fossil fuels but for taking so long to realize that we could have easily met our energy demands manifolds just by having a collective will to exploit the renewable resources we have. There have been few steps in the right direction but we can decisively change it if we all come together and that will lead to a more prosperous, healthy and spiritual world.