Alternative Energy: It's Not for Everybody
Date: Sunday, August 19, 2007 @ 00:01:37 UTC
Topic: General
Clean energy for one country could spell disaster for another
by Michael G. Gallagher / OhMyNews.com
Before I go any further, I'd like to say one thing right up front. I
think alternative energy is a grand idea. I have fantasies about my
country's deserts (I'm American) being covered by massive solar farms,
and my nation's long and beautiful coastlines sprouting windmills by
the thousands. I have Sci-Fi visions of millions of zero-emissions
vehicles clogging America's roads in gloriously carbon free traffic
jams.
But the embrace of clean energy by some could mean economic depression
for others. After all, what are all the countries whose economies
depend on fossil fuel exports going to do when technological advances
and the threat of climate change eventually makes their main source of
export income obsolete?
Full article: http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=377800&rel_no=1
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