As far as I can remember, humanity in those old times had a choice. Or use of electric motors or internal combustion engines. Electric motors named after a lower efficiency and did not have capacious batteries. But there was a lot of oil and it brought huge profits. Therefore, the world began to develop towards internal combustion engines. Now the trend is changing. In the latest news I saw that one oil prince invests huge money in solar energy. Sooner or later, the era of oil will come to an end. It exists only because of monopolists with huge money. They pump out the resources of our planet and earn huge money. It is beneficial for them that humanity continue to use oil as a resource.

But the use of oil has devastating consequences for the environment. I am a geologist by education (although I had to become an astrophysicist). Every year the oil deposits are depleted. Therefore, we have to look for new places for extraction. But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that millions of cars burn huge amounts of fuel every day. This carbon monoxide enters the atmosphere and poisons it. In the end, we see that this affects climate change across the planet, as well as the destruction of the ozone layer. Oil magnates pose a monetary gain above the "health" of our common house - the planet Earth.

At the moment there are many ways to obtain alternative and clean energy. If humanity were to unite, we could change the situation. But while there are people interested in getting oil profit - progress will develop, but slowly. This is sad, but the incomes of some countries depend mainly on minerals.
I see that the world is changing, but not so fast. I hope we have a chance to change the situation and avoid a "bad" ending.
Thanks, great article