by L’Tryce Slade
As you know oil is one of the resources that we are dependent on daily. Since the 1970s, petroleum prices have fluctuated. Fortunately, petroleum prices are lower than they have been in a good while. We are witnessing stagflation.
Energy is consumed everyday by everyone. When energy prices increase, other costs increase as well. We must find ways to streamline the use of fossil fuels and achieve true sustainability. We are damaging the earth by constantly taking, but not replenishing fast enough. The earth has a direct impact on the climate. We have witnessed climate change through the years. The weather in the seasons are more unpredictable.
Solar energy is an alternative that allows us to use the sun to create clean energy. We should think of solar energy as an opportunity for green jobs. The green jobs could lead to stabilizing stagflation based on using more clean energy and wasting less energy. This is the key to creating more renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies to generate more jobs. This will lead to more revenue and more industry profits.
Corn based ethanol, nuclear power, clean coal, or destroying our protected areas in pursuit of the last drop of oil is not the answer. Let’s be more conscious of the renewable energy resources that we are using. We are all stewards to our environment. Let’s make sure we leave the environment better than the way we found it for the next generation. www.sladellc.com.
L’Tryce Slade is Managing Director of Slade Land Use, Environmental, and Transporation Planning, LLC (www.sladellc.com).
