Clean Energy Helps the Environment
Conventional manufacturing of electricity is the major source of industrial air and water pollution in the United States. If you choose to utilize 100% renewable electricity instead of coal and oil, your impact on pollution control can be astounding. Wouldn't you like to be a part of the solution to the pollution problem? By choosing clean energy vs. coal and oil, you are not only making the world a better place to live environmentally right now, but for your children and generations to come in the future. Environmental Benefits
- Absolutely no emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), mercury or particulate matter going into our air, soil or water. The most common effects of these dangerous pollutants are mercury poisoning, climate change, smog and acid rain.
- Does not necessitate fossil-fuel extraction through water or mining that seriously damages the landscape and water supply
- Manufactured from limitless renewable sources that will in no way be depleted, unlike limited resources including fossil fuel sources which cause pollution.
- Helps preserve and protect the environment for future generations
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Peak Oil, Energy Wars and Powering Your Home in the 21st Century
What is peak oil and why worry?
About 20 years ago, a well respected geologist by the name of Hubbert proposed a radical new theory now known as 'peak oil' which basically says that at a certain point in the late 20th or early 21st century or thereabouts, the amount of easily recoverable oil on earth which had been used by humans was greater than 50% of ALL the oil on earth. He theorized that after this so-called 'Hubbert's Peak' the availability of oil would decrease dramatically. Not because there was no oil, but simply because we got all the easy stuff FIRST. What would be left would be the very difficult and expensive to extract deep sea oil, oil derivatives mined from shale and other hither to unprofitable deposits.
Whilst this does not sound too bad think about it like this: If we assume the first motor car appeared around the dawn of the 20th century then we used half the available oil in about 80 years. However, it must be remembered that for the major part of that 80 years, most of the people on earth had little or no access to motor vehicles. China for example was barely a developed nation for most of that time. THE United States uses about 25% of all the oil produced on earth and yet has little reserves of its own. It is almost entirely dependent on imported oil. China's extraordinary growth in the last ten years has seen an explosion of domestic wealth with the demand for motor vehicles increasing at an astonishing rate. With a population of over twice the U.S. there is no way that China has access to 50% of the worlds oil!...More=>>
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Oil, Energy, and Congress
Now that Congress has recessed for the end of the summer, what are we to make of the energy situation? At this point, I'm getting tired of hearing that $4.00 gasoline is good for me. How can it be good when Americans are spending less of their money on other goods and investing in their gas tanks? Is it good that transportation costs have sent my food bill sky rocketing? Is it good that many Americans have shortened their vacations and cut back on their entertainment spending? Is it good that the working poor are struggling between putting groceries in their home and fueling their cars to get to work?
Apparently our Congressional leaders and one presidential candidate say the answer is yes. While our Speaker of the House is trying to "save the planet", the rest of the world is out trying to find more oil & energy. Let's look at few recent examples:
Egypt announced last week the start of a 9 billion dollar oil refinery and petrochemical complex, which will be located on its north coast. The complex is expected to begin operation in 2010 and will be completed in 5 years. The facility will refine 350,000 barrels of oil per day.... More=>>
Apparently our Congressional leaders and one presidential candidate say the answer is yes. While our Speaker of the House is trying to "save the planet", the rest of the world is out trying to find more oil & energy. Let's look at few recent examples:
Egypt announced last week the start of a 9 billion dollar oil refinery and petrochemical complex, which will be located on its north coast. The complex is expected to begin operation in 2010 and will be completed in 5 years. The facility will refine 350,000 barrels of oil per day.... More=>>
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Oil Character and Clean Energy Character
The basis of the economy percolates through all levels of human activity to become the basis of the character of the people in the economy, which then becomes the character of the societies and policies that the people create. In the same way as the Roman Empire built itself on slave labor - and made the basis of Roman character cruelty, brutality, conquest, predation, short-sightedness, laziness and oppression - so the oil economy fosters in people a character that mimics in its mentality the character of oil industry itself. This character is toxic, extractive, destructive, short-sighted, polluting, and ensnaring. And its poisonous influence can only be significantly reduced through a greater use of clean energy - and greater influence for life-affirming, intelligent, provident, and socially and environmentally responsible character that its development and widespread use stand to foster in humankind.... More=>
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‘Wind power rush’ could reverse Texan fortunes
www.evwind.es
Tue, 21 Sep 2010
The 781.5MW Roscoe wind complex boasts 627 wind turbines pumping green emissions-free electricity into the thirsty Texas grid. North American towns like Sweetwater, Texas -- originally fuelled by cheap land and wealth derived from cattle, minerals, timber, railroads and oil -- once prompted dreams of success, grandeur and independence. In the past few decades, however, many of these towns on the western side of the North American continent have been in economic decline as their boarded-up storefronts and a palpable reek of decay so sadly prove.
So it was with welcome pleasure that during a business trip through west Texas last week I was able to witness a rebirth of sorts, a renewed sense of optimism. The cause of this latest reversal of fortunes? Wind power. Indeed, in the past decade wind power has exploded here to the point that Sweetwater -- located on rolling flatlands about 300 kilometres west of Dallas -- appears to be surrounded by seemingly endless wind turbines
Tue, 21 Sep 2010
The 781.5MW Roscoe wind complex boasts 627 wind turbines pumping green emissions-free electricity into the thirsty Texas grid. North American towns like Sweetwater, Texas -- originally fuelled by cheap land and wealth derived from cattle, minerals, timber, railroads and oil -- once prompted dreams of success, grandeur and independence. In the past few decades, however, many of these towns on the western side of the North American continent have been in economic decline as their boarded-up storefronts and a palpable reek of decay so sadly prove.
So it was with welcome pleasure that during a business trip through west Texas last week I was able to witness a rebirth of sorts, a renewed sense of optimism. The cause of this latest reversal of fortunes? Wind power. Indeed, in the past decade wind power has exploded here to the point that Sweetwater -- located on rolling flatlands about 300 kilometres west of Dallas -- appears to be surrounded by seemingly endless wind turbines
, endlessly turning from ridge to ridge to ridge.... More=>
