Will the planet run out of fossil fuels?

Will the planet run out of fossil fuels?

Terry Tamminen (Author & Environmental Policy Advisor) gives expert video advice on: What is a "fossil fuel"?; How does our use of fossil fuels cause global warming?; What are "carbon emissions"? and more...

The planet will certainly run out of fossil fuels at some point. There's disagreement as to when we're going to run out of oil or coal. A number of estimates say we'll run out of oil in 40 to 60 years, coal in about 200 years, based on the current levels of consumption of fossil fuels and projected business as usual, assuming that nothing changes, and we continue with population and industrial growth as we have it today.