The Future of Energy
December 3rd, 2007 by Daniel Many people are very excited about future energy sources and our transition to get away from fossil fuels. It seems like almost every day you hear about a new advancement in alternative energy or some new initiative or incentive to use more environmentally-friendly energy sources. Everyone seems to think that potential uses for many of these energies are right around the corner. Everyone that is, except for the federal government. In recent projections, the Department of Energy suggests that there will be very little growth in alternative energy over the next 23 years. In fact, they project that solar power will still only make up .1 percent of all US energy. So, where will all of the necessary energy come from in 2030 when we will obviously have even more demand than we do now? According to the projections, the same place most of our energy comes from now… coal. The projections show energy from coal growing tremendously over the next two decades, while the non-fossil fuels show slow growth. Is this a realistic look at the future and where we will get our energy? Are our visions of alternative energy sources nothing more than a mere fantasy? Or is this just another example of the government’s poor ability to get with the times and see where science and technology are headed? The technology seems to be getting closer and the demand by people for these energy sources is already here. I for one, believe that these projections will proven to be very short-sighted by the Department of Energy.
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