Energy Conservation

Our world is in a period of great change. We aresome reactions...from those who
experiencing global warming at a rate never seenlive within ear shot of a windmill farm. Their "whirring"
before. The change is in redirecting our energynoise can sometimes be somewhat
sources that will hopefully reverse this trend. Our fossilannoying. Some "avian"(bird) losses are attributed to
fuel supplies are slowly being depleted and likewisetheir encounters with the rotating
gradually being augmented with pollution free energyblades. Windmill farms require massive landscaped
sources that do not need replacement.Theareas in their construction. Some land
technologies involved in renewable energy resourcesvalue is also lost...usually permanently in the process.
have advanced greatly in recentEven some of our most prominent
years and have now become part of individual nationelected officials have voiced opposition to proposed
energy policies.Adoption and greater use of windWindmill Farms along our eastern
turbines has been much more prominent in recentseaboard shores because they would obscure some
years with the great advances in Wind turbineof our beautiful scenic views. It seems the
technology. Photovoltaics is also makingonly way to rebuke the naysayers and to convince
great strides in their Solar Panel conversionthem of the advantages of using Windmill
efficiencies. Solar Thermal direct electricityRenewable energy...is for one to respond..."maybe
generation seems to hold the greatest promise forwhen you turn away from the less than
the present. Combining these pollutionbeautiful scenery produced by the offshore
free energy sources, it is hoped to make a big dent inWindfarm, your lights will still be on as you
our fossil fuel environmentalenter your home."There will always be some who
pollution issues in the near future.Even Now... We Areoppose change, but it is not as though the U.S. and the
Beginning To See Some Of The Effects Of Theserest of the world has a choice in the matter. The
===================================Withprime reason is not because Fossil Fuel
manufacturing efficiencies rising in most sectors of oursources will run out tomorrow, but because...as they
industry, energybecome less available because of
costs are also rising, negating much of these gains,dwindling reserves or supplier disruption(for whatever
producing net gain adjustments in thereason), market prices will rise,
final costs of producing a product. As our fossil fuelscausing a ripple effect and promote a negative
become less and less available,industry
renewable energy sources will have to increase in=========================Article is excerpt from:
order to replace them along with our
increased needs. We are seeing greater investmentsWeb Author: Lucien BeauleyLink to Source Article:
in renewable energy projects as we
enter 2006, mainly because of the RenewableLink: LEDlightinginfoI am a longtime searcher of
Energy tax incentives passed in late 2005.Thepossible solutions to the problems
transition to these new energy sources is not withoutof the day.