Today more and more people are investing in big V-8 powered gas guzzling SUV's and luxury cars as well as sports cars. "Bigger is better," is the way that many Americans are living. People use more gas and more electricity to do the same job. These people leave lights on, heat homes while away and do many other energy wasting tasks. At the present moment this splurge does not seem to be a big problem. As time goes on however due to this type of waste, we will run out of our precious fossil fuels. When the demand for fossil fuels is greater than that of supply, it will have a drastic effect on almost every aspect of life.

There are three major forms of fossil fuels: coal, petroleum or oil, and natural gas. These fossil fuels were formed hundreds of millions of years ago during the carboniferous...