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The World Turns To Renewable Energy
The issues associated with the continued of fossil fuels are complex. What is undisputed, however, is the world is turning to meet the challenge through renewable energy.
The World Turns To replenish-able energy
When one thinks of the quantity of energy required to power today’s world, it is simple to get a headache. The sheer volume is so enormous as to be tricky to picture. Now that we have awakened to environment, climate and societal issues related to the ongoing use of carbon-based fuels, it is fascinating to hear the glad-handers all of a sudden thinking green.
Ten years ago, who would have imagined the Terminator, now the Governor of California, driving around in a hybrid hummer? Well, he does. More so, Governor Schwarzenegger happens to arguably be the greenest politician in the Unites States when it comes to actually taking action. California, after all, has just instituted a 3 billion dollar solar energy plan.
Alas, the central government falls on its face when it comes to energy issues. In thrall to enormous oil, there current administration simply will not recognize there’s a problem, a lot less do something. For lots in the country, this must imply that nothing is being done around the globe. In fact, much is being done, but the U.S. Simply is not taking part.
For example, give some thought to Victoria, Australia. This province has just committed itself to obtaining 60 percent of all of its energy from renewable sources by 2016. That is a staggering number.
How about Germany? The Germans lead the world in wind and solar technology. By 2020, a full twenty % of the total German energy supply will come from replenish-able energy. If you’ve ever experienced the lights of Berlin at night, you know that’s inspiring.
How about Norway? The country is 99 percent reliant on renewable energy sources. Norway has no petroleum powered power plants. None! It imports no oil. In fact, it exports nearly all of its oil resources, making it the third biggest exporter in the world behind Saudi Arabia and Russia.
How about Brazil? The country is famous for its fascinating political situation, yet it has managed to turn itself into a clean energy giant in South America. The explanation is the country has changed much of its transport, public and personal, to ethanol. By 2007, it is thought most transport in Brazil will run on one hundred percent ethanol, which is a bio fuel made of sugar cane. The price per gallon of ethanol is half that of oil. If the U. S. was to take the same step, the savings on oil annually would be close to $2 trillion dollars.
The above represent only a few samples of a world making a concerted clean energy effort. Unfortunately, the United States is both the biggest consumer of fossil fuels and emitter of greenhouse gases. Until we follow these changes, the process will be incomplete.
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Dana Winner – One Way Wind (Sung in English w German Lyrics)
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