As we fuel our 100 mile per gallon, zero emission cars with natural gas and power our houses and businesses with electricity from wind and solar power, the vision of green energy will unfold before us.
It was once a dream that our energy needs could be provided to us in an inexpensive and green fashion. The day has arrived when it is all possible and happening. The T. Boone Pickens wind project alone will go a long way in shifting our need away from oil as a major energy source, by capturing the unlimited energy of the wind belt that runs from Texas to Canada. Solar energy has come of age as the technology needed to store energy had evolved becoming reliable and cost effective.
Energy independence is a dynamic and exciting prospect. Not only are we looking to gain independence from foreign oil we are also playing with the idea that many of our states, cities or even buildings could become energy independent. Kansas has enough potential wind generated power that it could become completely independent from outside sources. California has enough sun and shoreline to provide itself with an unlimited supply of solar desalinated water. A large manufacturing facility could now with wind and solar retrofits go completely off grid with its energy needs.
This is the fork in the road and we have seen the vision of green independent energy become the reality before us. The cooperative thinking taking place in this endeavor has brought us together on a global scale. The world is moving as one in this vision and it will be a better world in which to live.
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Great uplifting article!
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