Viable Solutions
“Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.” - Al Gore
Unfortunately, everyone doesn’t realize that high gas prices and our economic downturn is related to climate change and the war in Iraq
Al Gore insists our problems are bigger than any of the solutions that have thus far been proposed. The common thread running through them is our dangerous over-reliance on carbon-based fuels and by pulling that common thread all of these complex problems begin to unravel and we’ll find the answer to ending our reliance on carbon-based fuels.
Scientists have confirmed that enough solar energy falls on the surface of the earth every 40 minutes to meet 100 percent of the entire world’s energy needs for a full year. Furthermore, enough wind power blows through the Midwest corridor every day to also meet 100 percent of our electricity demand.
We’ve been sending money to foreign countries to buy nearly 70 percent of the oil we use every day. They build skyscrapers and Americans lose jobs. Our government must begin spending that money on building solar arrays and windmills, which would build competitive industries and provide good paying jobs in this country.
Our present system is dysfunctional, because the solution to high gasoline prices is not drilling for more oil ten years down the road. Buying into those counter productive solution have nothing to do with the real problem and is only perpetrating our dependency on carbon based fuels. There is one sure way to bring the costs of driving a car down and that is to end our dependence on oil by using renewable sources.
Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi proposes that we not allowed oil from Alaska to be exported to other countries.
Unfortunately, everyone doesn’t realize that high gas prices and our economic downturn is related to climate change and the war in Iraq
Al Gore insists our problems are bigger than any of the solutions that have thus far been proposed. The common thread running through them is our dangerous over-reliance on carbon-based fuels and by pulling that common thread all of these complex problems begin to unravel and we’ll find the answer to ending our reliance on carbon-based fuels.
Scientists have confirmed that enough solar energy falls on the surface of the earth every 40 minutes to meet 100 percent of the entire world’s energy needs for a full year. Furthermore, enough wind power blows through the Midwest corridor every day to also meet 100 percent of our electricity demand.
We’ve been sending money to foreign countries to buy nearly 70 percent of the oil we use every day. They build skyscrapers and Americans lose jobs. Our government must begin spending that money on building solar arrays and windmills, which would build competitive industries and provide good paying jobs in this country.
Our present system is dysfunctional, because the solution to high gasoline prices is not drilling for more oil ten years down the road. Buying into those counter productive solution have nothing to do with the real problem and is only perpetrating our dependency on carbon based fuels. There is one sure way to bring the costs of driving a car down and that is to end our dependence on oil by using renewable sources.
Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi proposes that we not allowed oil from Alaska to be exported to other countries.
posted by Jim O'Leary | 1:19 AM
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