Why can’t wind and solar energy eliminate our dependence on oil?
Renewable energy such as wind and solar is successfully making our electricity grid more and more renewable. However, the marine shipping, automotive, trucking, aviation, and manufacturing industries are heavily dependent on oil, and this infrastructure is difficult to change. Only 0.1% of transportation is powered by electricity; the rest is through liquid fuels. A renewable replacement for crude oil has the potential to make these and other industries renewable by working with the existing infrastructure.