| There is reason to believe that within the next twenty | | | | begin to correct our impacts on the only planet that |
| years, if not the next five years, the use of fossil fuels | | | | we currently depend on to sustain life. |
| will be viewed the same way in the Twenty First | | | | Among the many options are to conserve energy and |
| Century as buggy whips were in the Twentieth | | | | to use alternative energy from sources such as solar, |
| Century after the use of the automobile came to | | | | wind, and geothermal power to supply our growing |
| dominate the transportation of people and goods. | | | | energy needs in the short term and to use all of the |
| The earth and its environment are being adversely | | | | creativity, that we can muster, for the long term. |
| impacted by our use of fossil fuels to generate energy. | | | | Energy will become more scarce and expensive. |
| Many experts are urging us to break our addiction to | | | | We need to carefully weigh the options before we |
| oil and other fossils fuels. The experts say that if we | | | | decide on more effective ways to use and product |
| don't change, life on earth could become unpleasant | | | | energy in the best and most economical ways |
| and possibly hazardous to our health. | | | | possible. In the meantime, the cost of energy will |
| There is not yet a complete agreed upon consensus | | | | probably continue to increase causing most of us to |
| as to when or how soon these changes will happen. | | | | make some adjustments in our life style and how |
| However, prudent management of resources dictates | | | | much we spend. |
| that we take certain precautionary actions to at least | | | | |