“Tomorrow’s energy will come from a variety of sources,
undoubtedly including wind, solar power, geothermal and
some sources we don’t even know about yet,”
Fred Krupp told Natural Awakenings.
Fahrenheit temperatures just five to 10 ate here, and insufficient fuel stations
feet below ground. These systems’ bur- exist to make his plan soon viable. Too,
ied pipes circulating antifreeze liquid many of the largest untapped natural
can both warm and cool buildings. gas deposits are in politically sensitive
regions—just like oil.
HyDRoELECTRIC
One of the oldest forms of renewable NuCLEaR
energy, hydro technologies today use Some environmentalists are calling
the power of flowing water to turn tur- for reexamination of nuclear power,
bines and generate electricity. Hydro is because it can produce large amounts
emission-free, but impedes the natural of electricity with no significant global
flow of rivers and streams, blocking warming emissions. Obstacles include
passage for migratory fish. difficulty in financing, licensing and
building nuclear plants in time to have
HyDRoGEN an impact in the next 15 to 20 years, as
The fuel cell that converts lighter-than- well as detrimental effects of uranium
air hydrogen into electricity and clean mining and waste disposal. Some coun-
water is 150 years old. Still, hydrogen, tries, such as Germany, are phasing it
because it’s extracted mostly from natu- out, while France derives 77 percent of
ral gas these days, is not yet the renew- its energy from nukes.
able resource it could be if produced
solely from solar or wind power. It’s oIL
also considered a “future fuel” because, The modern industrial complex runs on
despite advantages, it’s currently expen- gasoline refined from crude oil depos-
sive to produce. Fuel-cell cars, which its, and the Central Intelligence Agency
PEWTER
are virtually emission-free, face cost reports that the United States is the
hurdles as well. world’s single largest oil consumer. The
DOE notes that, “The decline in U.S.
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NaTuRaL GaS consumption in the first half of 2008,
Former oilman T. Boone Pickens re- reflecting slower economic growth
cently announced a controversial plan and the impact of high prices, was the
to massively boost U.S. investment in largest half-year volume consumption
wind power and run our transportation decline in the last 26 years.”
fleet on cleaner natural gas. This mostly
methane fossil fuel must be processed SoLaR
to remove other elements in order to Technology for solar power–capturing
burn in home heating systems and the radiant energy of the sun—is
internal-combustion engines. rapidly improving, and governments
“Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are are increasingly subsidizing it. Today’s
already available and combine top per- equipment is not just an ugly panel
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