emissions can be cut down by going green compressed natural gas is an option and nowadays most cars are zero emmission so dont blame hydrocarbons, The worlds economy is dictated by them, every dollar increase in a barrel makes a strain on the national budget , inflation etc, and no amount of wind, tidal, solar or any friendly source can replace them yes they are green but not when it comes to providing energy to 1.2billion people, we are an emerging economy we need energy to reach the need of our economy, I am not against the environment but for India and china we need to concentrate on growth we need to implement techniques where we can cut on our CO2 emissions by using technology but not go complete green thats the reality I see