Alternative Energy Sources

Thanks for visiting Alternative Energy Sources. Our hope is this site will provide an educational look into alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and tidal. Each one of these have their benefits and drawbacks, and we want this site to enlighten you to both the plusses and minuses of alternative energy.

We’ll discuss all major alternative energy sources on this site and allow you to make your own opinion as to whether each one is valid. We are strong proponents of alternative energy and alternative energy research. However, we realize that while green energy is promising, it also has its economic and political challenges. We are not pie in the sky tree huggers, we are real people that want real change and understand that change and awareness are brought about by hard work backed by scientific facts.

Macro implications

One thing we strongly believe is that oil is on its way out do to scarcity, and that the human race needs to look to mass producible alternative energy sources as an option  to oil. With the recent explosion in growth of the middle class in India and China, the world is in a position where it cannot sustain itself and will be in a perilous situation in the near future. Food shortages, wars, and famines easily could result if we do not come up with an alternative to oil.

Personal implications

What can you do on a personal level? We believe there are small (and big!) changes people can make with regards to energy use – both fossil fuel and renewable. We will use this site to discuss the things you can do to relieve the world of it’s dependence on oil. There are many things, such as installing solar panels, that have come down drastically in cost in recent years and can even be a DIY activity for individuals.

Alternative energy is what will sustain us into the future. As we said earlier, this site will discuss the various alternative energy sources out there and ways you can adopt these sources without making major financial and lifestyle sacrifices.