Vote on Renewable Energy Source Debate

In the debate concerning renewable energy sources, the main argument that shown through was, should research continue as intensely and as be more heavily funded or should the funding remain the same and society should stick with what sources we have now.
The pro renewable energy discussed how the sources such as hydro, geothermal, solar, and wind power were environmentally friendly and cost efficient, or at least more so than the current coal, nuclear, and gas sources we are currently using. They used value claims to persuade the audience on the effect on the environment, talking about how oil spills effect wildlife and mining and drilling alters the geography of the land. Pulling in statistics about cost and efficiency gave fact claims backbone, however the con side of the argument had a rebuttal to every one of these claims. The anti-renewable energy source group talked on how the efficiency of these sources was far less than what they were predicted to produce and that society due to media and activist groups have a misleading perception of the actuality of the sources and their effects. Bringing in world examples they were able to relate it to society and our situations and better explain what was going on.
As I was in the con group I am at some front of being bias but I am actually at a tie vote. I see both sides to the argument and although I find both pro and con to be persuasive I see one side shining out a little further than the other. The con side poses that yes, we will need to resort to other alternatives when the current sources of energy run dry, but for now not all efforts should be placed in one basket. Yes, we have survived on making fire from flint and stone and traveled by horse and buggy and gotten along fine. But times have greatly progressed and changed and to ask people to take steps backwards is naive. Funding should be placed towards finding new sources so that we are prepared, but into ones that ensure efficiency and are cost friendly to society, and the current options are a great distance from these parameters.