Energy experts and TV commercials lead one to believe the solution to our energy crisis is clean coal, natural gas, wind turbines, solar cells, geothermal wells, hydroelectric dams or some revolutionary new energy source.All of the safe locations for hydroelectric dams have been used, safe locations for geothermal wells are very scarce and difficult to develop, and there is no such thing as “clean coal.”
The truth is, unless we take drastic action, coal and oil will run out in the next 75 to 100 years. Battery-powered cars are not the answer; 60 percent of our electricity is produced from coal. To charge the batteries, we will just burn more coal. The cost of fossil fuels will eventually bankrupt our nation if Congress and President Obama don’t do it first.
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