By Hallidae Thomason
As we face the ever present hot-topic of global warming that is constantly shoved in our face with videos of glacial melting on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to the graphs with that predict the height of sea level over the tallest building in LA by the year 2050. Sensational? Yes. Accurate? The jury is still out for sure. What doesn’t hurt either way is to focus on energy conservation which is just good practice if not world saving.
It is important to note that when I talk about energy conservation I am not referring to sacrificing comfort or productivity for the sake of saving money. I am talking about improving the efficiency of the work that we do through improved systems engineering, use of alternate fuels, and better engine technology. This saves money and time (which is money) and is a good use of the natural and limited resources that we still have on this lonely planet.
It is amazing what can be done to improve a situation in terms of motivation. With the proper motivation a couch potato can sprint away from a large toothy beast that is attacking them, or a company can clean up emissions if threatened to be shutdown if noncompliant, you get the idea. It’s too bad that this motivation has to be negative in the majority of cases but if it produces something positive than so be it. That is how I view all this global warming fervor. If it is true than that is scary and we had better do something to improve our energy conservation skills. If it isn’t true than let’s just pretend it is anyway in order to have motivation to do something that will be good in so many more ways than just saving our lives.
So how are we trying to promote energy conservation here in this country? Well with the rising oil prices we are looking to alternate fuel and energy sources. Some cool possibilities in the near future are the hydrogen cell with a nearly endless supply and it’s only emission being water. Another renewable energy source is ethanol which will create a clean relatively cheap in costs (more than just money), and a major boon to the struggling farming industry. We are seeing great advances in electric/gas hybrid and completely electric automobile engines as well as alternate power sources like hydroelectric and wind turbine electricity production. All very exciting making this a great time to be alive.
About the Author: Being a technology junkie, Julee Mitchelsin loves when she gets assignments like this to research and write about technology in energy conservation. If you are a tech junkie too you should check out www.energyconservationtimes.info.
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