Green Energy: Our Future Depends on It
Feb 5th, 2009 | By admin | Category: New York
In July 2008, Al Gore challenged the U.S. to generate 100% of the electricity we need using clean, renewable, sustainable sources within 10 years. “When you connect the dots,” he said, “it turns out that the real solutions to the climate crisis are the very same measures needed to renew our economy and escape the trap of ever-rising energy prices.” Gore connected the dots to the crises we face and drew a picture of nonsustainability. We could meet the “Gore Challenge” via the deployment of 250 gigawatts of wind generation capacity and 50 gigawatts of solar, and it would cost approximately $911 billion. But is “clean, renewable, and sustainable” energy really necessary?
[http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2009/db2009024_215385.htm]
