If you briefly skim through sections the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009“, you’ll find that the primary focus of the bill is to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Whether or not these emissions contribute to global warming is up for debate; however, you can’t argue that they’re doing harm. Read more
I spent the majority of today cleaning each room in the house, and then laying down a pesticide in anticipation for springtime critters. It was a perfect chance for me to implement something I read in a magazine to make the house “greener” (and lower the electric bill).
Unfortunately, it seems that hydrogen power will only become a widely available technology after 15-20 more years of research and development. Isolating what is ironically enough the most abundant element in the universe has proven to be energy expensive and therefore impractical venture. We’re now staring at the very real possibility of purchasing purely electric vehicles as our next modes of transportation.
To anyone who plans on pursuing petroleum engineering or anything even remotely related to the oil industry, prepare yourself for a nice bashing. The petroleum industry will only exist in the shadows of larger alternative energy companies in the next century. For the sake of maintaining the environment, society will eventually look down upon oil. It’s almost sad for me to think about our brilliant society, consisting of an incredible amount of technology and brain-power at its disposal, still cannot create a feasible alternative energy source. We’re burning dead, organic matter. Over and over and over again… non-stop.
