The Need For Cleaner Energy

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The need for cleaner energy.

Write and call your elected officials participate in local meetings and above all vote. Most of the oil deposits in the world are gathered in a few places and the majority is located in the middle east. With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001 we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into american ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology rather than playing catch up to the japanese danish and germans. Support clean energy policies state and federal policy makers make decisions on clean energy all the time and they need to hear from you.

The clean energy council holds an annual event called clean energy week to explain the different ways we can produce clean energy. Local governments also benefit from clean energy most often in the form of property and income taxes and other payments from renewable energy project owners. A clean energy revolution is taking place across america underscored by the steady expansion of the u s. The clean energy industry generates hundreds of billions in economic activity and is expected to continue to grow rapidly in the coming years.

Why we need clean energy. At the end of july more than half a million clean energy workers remained out of jobs including 8 000 plus in south carolina 17 of our once booming industry. Clean coal is a form of clean energy. We need to invest in all kinds of clean energy technologies if we re going to meet our climate goals.

There is tremendous economic opportunity for the countries that invent. In fact we ve crunched the numbers and there s simply no credible scenario for canada to reach its goal of net zero emissions by 2050 without it. Owners of the land on which wind projects are built often receive lease payments ranging from 3 000 to 6 000 per megawatt of installed capacity as well as payments for power line. Make your voice heard.

This is not the case with energy sources like oil. That s what we re doing in canada and nuclear energy is front and centre. To get it back on track we ll need the continued commitment of our republican leadership at the state and congressional levels. Bernard caleo a really cool and funny guy explains some of the different renewable energy technologies as part of the clean energy week education program last year in melbourne.