It's possible to live on less energy and there are even advantages.
When we (in the U.S.) start to pay the external costs of our energy use at the time we use it......we'll have the incentive needed to conserve energy. The best way to move in this direction is a phased-in, federal tax shift from income to non-renewable energy. An added benefit will be the economic stimulus this shift will provide for the renewable energy industry. Not a new idea, but and idea whose time has come.
Let's see, I walk about an half hour to work, then jump in the metro for the last fifteen minutes. A yearly metro pass costs approximately $400 per year and my employer pays for it. If I feel like it, I can take a "Velib", a "free" bicycle, the yearly pass, a mere forty US bucks. When I head down to the Mediterranean for summer break with my......
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We have a choice.
My fear is that we're going to "run to" coal and nuclear power as the solutions. How much will this cost us and future generations?
