Despite skyrocketing demand for energy, a transition from fossil fuels to alternative sources of energy on a large scale is not expected to occur in the short term. Why? What actions could be taken to speed this transition? What is the long-term cost of a gradual versus a rapid move to alternatives? Include the issue of climate change in your discussion.

A transition from fossil fuels to alternative sources of energy on a large scale is not expected to occur in the short term because fossil fuels we use now-a-days are highly efficient and energy dense. When the industrial revolution was on peak, we developed vehicles that utilized the basic sources of energy i. e., fossil fuels for their efficiency. It's like a habituation on fossil fuels. Also, we are not much technically advance to find an alternative sources of energy despite the present sources are a big cause of permanent climate change all over the world for example like the phenomenon of Green House effect performed by CFCs concentration in atmosphere. To speed up the transition to alternative sources, we have to become dependent on them and the government should also ban the use of fossil fuels but that strategy has its own consequences like everyday world become rapidly slow for a while but later it becomes out habit to use the alternatives.