Not only do we need to make a rapid shift to renewable energy simply to provide a liveable world for our children, our grandchildren and, for the younger amongst us, the latter years of our lives, but, except for the perceived interests of the fossil fuel industry, this could also make the economy boom over the next several decades. Investing 5-10% of annual GDP in crash programs to create a low emissions energy infrastructure to maximize efficiency of resource utilization would be like putting the world on a war footing. This is just a no brainer, except for vested interests. Unfortunately, those interests have a death grip on the existing policy making systems in too much of the world. At the very least we would be helping the ecosystem while putting people back to work.


"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."