Could our energy choices moving forward be any clearer? Fossil fuel prices are climbing. They are uncertain. It's really no fun having our transport system stuck on oil. It's increasingly scary, actually.
In contrast, clean energy technologies like solar are experiencing rapid price declines, as this piece notes:
The truth is that in addition to cutting pollution and reducing our dependence on oil imports, renewable energy has a major advantage over fossil fuels: sharply declining prices over time. The price of solar energy production, for example, has fallen dramatically as the industry has gained new economies of scale. A recent request for proposals by Southern California Edison (one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the country) found that solar power is already among the cheapest ways for them to generate new electricity.America's economy is chained to the sinking ship that is the 20th Century fossil fuel economy. Do we really want to stay on the sinking ship of dependence on oil and coal?
Or do we want to break free from these shackles and jump on to the rescue ship -- the 21st Century Clean Energy Economy -- that will take us to the destination we all want: the next great era of prosperity..?
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