Links Post

There is a great deal of information on the web about alternative energy. Here are a few sites that have helped to educate me on exactly what alternative energy is and why it can help purify our future.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/renewable.html

This site focuses more on wind power and more specifically wind turbines. This site is good because it also clearly states that wind power can be unattractive because of the price and size of many wind turbines. There are many strides being taken to fix many of the turn offs of wind power because wind can be formed with the simplest of movements.

http://www.energy.gov/energysources/index.htm

This site is a breath of fresh air in the world of alternative energy because it informs readers of what our government is doing to help decrease dependence on foreign energy. On the left hand side of the site is a list of topics and what our government plans to do to make those sources more efficient and effective in everyday society.

http://www.nytimes.com/

This site is arguably one of my favorite sites because unlike google, all search results are backed by respectable intellectuals. On this site I check on how our economy is doing (unfortunately, there's never any good news) and also I check to see if there have any overnight break through in alternative energy.

Why Wont We Just Convert

Our environment will one day be irreversibly damaged by our conscious by neglect of our planet. Our nation and most of the world is suffering from a grand shortage of energy and will continue to suffer shortages if no fine plan to arranged. We are all guilty of destroying our planet. we have all contributed to our world's energy crisis by not taking the innitiative to completely break our dependance on other for energy. 

It is not impossible for people to live of cleaner energy. the problem is that this form of energy would require a great deal of money. 

It would be nice to direct our the world towards a future where communities take control and invest completely in alternative energy. This dream of mine is not impossible. There are several stories in circulation of brave people that have taken the risk and invested some allowance into alternative energy and have only looked foward since then. solar power seems to be the most experiment source; people have built houses that solely (or almost soley) run on the power of the sun. There have even been reports of how successful solar energy can be that communities have been known to buy energy from "alternative home owners". 

This begs me to ask the question, if money is the problem should, our communities not seek comfort in the fact that in the long run alternative energy will pay for itself? 

It is not worth it to allow our atmosphere to fill up with hazardous fumes when we can do something about it by wasting less energy and helping to educate our communities about the hazards of conventional energy sources like oil and coal.

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Theologically...

Our country is suffering a major energy crisis. The current energy sources we depend on are not  depleting, but yet our country and most of the world now frequently experiences droughts of energy.  Many alternative energy enthusiasts preach that the time to completely break away from conventional energy like coal and oil, and turn our attention to alternative energy is now.

While I am all for alternative energy it is not impossible to realize why alternative energy is not the main source of energy. In my research I have found that to successfully power nations with alternative energy, large sums of money would have to be dealt out. The cost alone of replacing conventional energy with alternative energy would drain any country's coffers. Apparently, there is so much cheap non-green energy sources out there that asking corporations to spend more money to save an entire planet seems also "too funny to laugh at". 

The fact is alternative energy can someday be a main source of energy, but not without the efforts of many. Many argue that alternative energy will not arrive in time to save our Eco-system. This fear is not too radical because with relation to alternative energy sources (solar-hydro-wind), convention oil and coal [for now] will always win because there might never be enough money to risk on grand-scale alternative energy while conventional sources remain far less expensive.

Highly Recommended Blogs

There are a good deal of blogs out in the blog-sphere today. My favorite blogs however are It's a Green World After All, A Shot in the Dark, and Iraq War. 

It's a Green World After All is a facinating blog about a topic that intrigues me: Energy. The author explains to the reader how alternative energy works. Making the world a greener place with environmentally friendly energy sources seems to be the authors main concern. 

A Shot in the Dark is about our country's second amendment. The right to bare arms is a very controversial issue and the author beautifully conveys both sides of the arguement of whether guns are  bad. The author is in search of the the positions of the 2008 presidential candidates on guns...

The Iraq War blog says what many of us would like to say. It is a straight foward blog about how the author believes our country went to war. The author also explains what efforts are being made to end the war.

These blogs are very impressive and close attention should be paid to them

Not Enough Focus on Energy

There has been a good deal of talk about Joe the Plumber and the economy, there has not been much mention of alternative energy during the 2008 presidential debates. while I am glad that the candidates are providing their stances on the economy and education, I am a bit dissapointed in our candidates because energy is a great problem. 

Both candidates have spent much of their time and money on negative campaigning. This issue was addressed during the last debate, when the moderator asked the candidates to express their thoughts on each candidates negative advertisements. The candidates spent some time during the last debate to straighten many facts that may have been twisted.

I am sure that both candidates feel better knowing just how each other feels, but I believe that more focus should be placed on the issue of energy. It is not enough to just briefly mention the topic .

Everyone Is Doing It: Nationalization

The banks are not well. They are not comfortable anymore because they made very bad decisions. They traded with the wrong sort of people and now they owe those people money. The government is to blame because they allowed the banks to survive like wild animals, with the mind set that the strongest would survive and our economy would flourish as a result. The idea of allowing money-hungry executives to have few rules was obviously not well thought out because as seen on the Animal Channel in the case of lions it is very hard to get greedy. Lions usually find food to sustain them for the day but unlike the banks, lions know that without patience they may go hungry because their meals are not guaranteed. The banks invested money in half baked propositions and are now in need of help. 

Leaders from around the world met not too long ago discussed the problem of the banks and this is where nationalization comes in; the government proposes to funnel $250 billion into the banks in an attempt to save our ailing economy. The government will distribute $125 billion among larger banks and the other $125 billion will be shared among smaller banks.

While it may seem that the government is looking out for the banks by being a hero of sorts in the banks' time of trouble. The reality is the government is helping the banks because in doing so, the government will own part of the banks; making the banks nationalized. The banks were last nationalized in 1930s.

Nationalization of the banks was not bad idea because, now that the bank are  better off, our economy should soon follow. Hopefully.

Well-Informed readers

I read a few comments I received on "Energy related hypocrisy". I have found that the readers are looking more closely into the presidential elections and more specifically " the oil problem".  It seems that the McCain capaign is ready to drill in Alaska. This all well and good that Sarah Palin acknowledges the fact that there are acres of oil in her state, but it seems to me that like with the rest of the oil in the world, the supply is not perennial. This oil source might hold the world for some time but we must work hard on alternative energy sources.