I think I'd like to start by saying that although fossil fuels have served as the foundations to our energy and, to an extent, our economy I think we've definitely reached a point in time where it no longer has to be this way; yet we continue to rely on them over cleaner sources of energy
This is definitely supported by the fact that three of the largest, most influential countries in the world, the USA, India and China, still burn more fossil fuels than every other country combined