Growth as a Thinker

Blogging is something new to me. I had always heard of all the wonders a blog can bring, and how blogs were a great outlet to express ones thought and occasionally draw in an interested crowd of intellectuals. Blogs are all that they have been hyped up to be and more; they are a good place for one to express his or her thoughts on a boundless list of topics. They allow the reader to completely customize their site, which make it easier to attract a crowd of similar or even diverse minds who then congregate and have discussions on the allotted topic or topics.

Blogging for me started about a month ago in the form of an assignment for a research class that required students to explore a topic that they felt passionate about. The opportunity to finally educate the world on clean energy had now arrived. My choice of Alternative Energy stemmed from my experience with conventional energy. As a boy, I lived in a town that I deemed very fit to live, however in the next town over lived a childhood friend of of mine Pierre. The town Pierre lived in would be deemed fit to live in except for one problem; he lived not too far from a power plant. Although the power plant was no where close to being within sight, its presence could faintly be felt in Pierre's town.

I approached this project as am sure many others would, with enthusiasm and determination to find out what could be done to develop cleaner, greener energy. My mentality was that it is evident that alternative energy can become reality, because scientist have for a long time developed ways to use everyday norms to produce energy, such as wind, solar, and water. My question of why the world was refusing and delaying alternative energy was answered by some research.

The problem is not whether the country can rid it dependence on foreign oil, its that our dependence on oil is relatively cheap. I felt silly because at one point during this project i entertain the thought of our country may have lacked the skill to mass produce alternative energy; after all, this country leads the world in far more complicated affairs like space travel and research.

My realization of the true problem came with the 2008 presidential election. While both candidates[Obama and McCain] are obviously both intellectuals, i find it hard to believe that alternative energy sources were not as big a deal to them as to me. It was astounding to see our country continually have dry spells of gas and still hail gas as the best energy resource while stocks in alternative energy continuously fall. With these dry spells I hoped that our leaders would take a stand and begin large projects to make a smooth transition form conventional to alternative energy. 

My growth as a thinker has grown substantially especially on my topic but not limited to it. I have found that even great countries do not always have all the answers. several billion dollars are being spent to fund a seemingly perennial war and keep our homeland safe. I have no problem with this, I just have an idea, but it may be it may be more complicated than I believe, but please entertain the thought. What would happen if our leaders put even a fraction of the money they are funding the war with to start country wide alternative energy  education and awareness. This way more people can understand the that there should be a higher demand for alternative energy than oil. 

I will continue to do my part to help the world understand that it takes numbers to accomplish feats