Since I am very interested in the environment, I am going to discuss it here. The modern economy is absolutely dependent on abundant energy. The modern world as we know it could not exist without useable sources of energy. It was coal and oil that fueled the industrial revolution. Although the benefits have been tremendous, we also see a number of problems. Actually, these deposits of oil and coal we now use are preserved “ancient sunlight”. As we use these very ancient stored energy sources,
But first, what did you do last year? During the last year, PlanetWatch.org has posted a series of suggestions on their website related to what we can do personally to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gasses. While these individual steps will not solve the problem of energy dependence or global warming by themselves, they should be part of the process of changing our way of thinking and challenging the assumption that energy sources are infinite and harmless. Hopefully, taking these
The United States imports more than 70% of our oil at a cost of $700 billion a year, leaving us vulnerable to oil marketers and foreign competition. Cleaner, cheaper and domestic energy sources provide the critical energy independence essential for our economic stability and our national security. We can achieve independence and affordability through our 4-point plan: • Increase Domestic Drilling and Refining Capacity – Drilling on existing oil leases could capture up to 5 billion barrels a
