This blog covers energy-related issues, and attempts to offer solutions for all of the world's problems, many of which are energy-related.

What's the Problem?
There are numerous reasons to break from our old, destructive patterns of energy use. They include:

1. National Security: Continuing to rely on critical energy supplies from other nations is pure folly. America's oil production peaked in 1971, and we have increasingly relied on imported oil since then. Global oil production will likely peak within the next 5 years. Even the threat of disruption to US oil supply harms the US economy. Natural Gas is also being depleted, which will force us to choose between risky imports, dirtier fuels such as Coal, or renewable energy.
   
2. Environment: Face it -- we rely on the environment for survival. This isn't an abstract comment about Nature, it's about protecting the cleanliness and abundance of our drinking water supply, ensuring the success of our crops we eat. Climate Change / Global Warmingare really happening, and all serious scientists agree that burning fossil fuels causes this (except the ones paid by coal and oil companies).
3. Personal Security: As other coutries' economies grow (especially China, India, and Russia), those contries' consumers will burn more and more oil, leaving less for us to compete for, resulting in more drastic price swings.
   

What to do?

1. Switch: Start relying on energy that you control. Put a PV Solar Electricity system on your property. Technological developments and incentives make it very affordable. Start small if you have to, but start right away.
   
2. Conserve: Reducing your consumption means you need a smaller Solar Electric system, making it more affordable. Turn lights off when not in use. Change your light bulbs to Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs).
   
3. Get Involved: Find out for yourself how the world actually works. This requires looking beyond the mainstream, corporate media, whose survival depends on the status quo (or things becoming even worse). Try BBC.com for objective, truthful news. Then, meet & talk with your neighbors, write your congressfolk and newspaper editor, speak up at church. Vote! Vote based on your research, not image & soundbites.
   

For an easy-to-understand presentation of the Global Warming / Climate Change problem, see Inconvenient Truth or visit ClimateCrisis.org. This is being shown at many churches for free.

Go Solar!