Do they think we’re stupid?

It is all the rage in Washington to talk about energy independence.  As a matter of fact, Presidents have been talking about it as far back as Nixon.  Watch this video to see how easy it is to use energy independence as a talking point from the right or the left.

http://endependence.info/research/videos-c-12-v-65.html

So, what has happened since 1974?  We are dependent on foreign countries for close to 70% of our transportation sector energy (oil).   All they did was talk, not act.

The spike in oil prices this past summer made for more good political palaver.

Drill, baby, drill

How can a country with 3% of the world’s oil supply that uses 25% of the world’s oil drill itself to energy independence?

Then there is “all of the above” rhetoric.  Clean coal, nuclear, wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, hybrid electric cars.

This is another political pander.  Where is conservation is this mix?  What the heck is clean coal?  Nuclear plants take years to build, we don’t have a way to dispose of the radioactive waste and they cost hundreds of millions of dollars to decommission?

Check out these sites to find out about nuclear waste storage and decommissioning issues:

http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/nuclear_waste_storage/nuclear_waste_storage.html

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students/waste.html

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students/decommissioning.html

This is a chance for the people. business and government to work together to merge the two goals of energy independence and ending dependence on polluting fuel.  Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, conservation, plant waste biofuels, electric cars.  These are the things we must do to achieve endependence.

Endependence=energy independence

that ends dependence on polluting fuels.

Energy Independence is a nice slogan, but where is the gunfire we are supposed to march toward.

As reported recently, President-elect Obama, doesn’t think that we are going to become energy independent because we change some light bulbs.

He is right.  Energy Independence requires big picture, macro economic evolution of our energy infrastructure.

There are steps we can all take to reduce the amount of energy we waste.  Most of the greenhouse gases the world frets over comes from coal fired power plants.  The less power used, the less energy produced, the less carbon dioxide released.  This doesn’t mean decreasing our standard of living, it means using energy more efficiently.

Individual efforts to reduce energy waste can have big effects when they are all added together.

Here are some videos about how to save energy at home:

http://endependence.info/research/videos-c-6-v-14.html

http://endependence.info/research/videos-c-6-v-15.html

How about those phantom power loads?

http://endependence.info/research/videos-c-6-v-105.html

If you want a great solution to reducing your phantom power loads by remote control, check out the GreenSwitch.

http://endependence.info/research/videos-c-6-v-24.html

If you really want to make a difference, show us how you save energy so we can copy your great ideas by signing the Declaration of Endependence.

http://endependence.info/declaration/category-6.html