100 years back, population was just below 150 million in india, and now it is over 1 billion.
Tell me how the needs of 1 billion people will be met, with out hydrocarbons. Do you suggest us to go back to stone age & bullock carts???
Let me tell you, we are advances by miles than our ancestors. We have been told by our ancestors not to cross the ocean and it is a sin. We did not care, and now we can send 10 satellites in a single mission. We are able to reach Kashmir from Kanyakumari in a day. We are able to transport wheat from Punjab to South in couple of days. We have more people and so more requirements.
So, as long as water cannot make a IC engine to work, we need fuel. Any silly arguments will not help it,not even our ancestors, it needs fuel, f......u.....e......l