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The US government must continue to back the
expansion of the role of alternative energy research and development and
its implementation by companies and homeowners. Although this writer
believes in the reign of the free market and that “that government is
best which governs least”, our current system has companies and people
expecting federal backing of major initiative with direct investment, in
the form of tax breaks, rebate incentives, and even direct central bank
investment into the alternative energy industry.
The US and its citizenry need to invest all of the time and energy that
they can spare to the conversion from a fossil fuel burning society to
one that is green for several different reasons. The green economy will
not harm the environment or the quality of our air like fossil fuel
burning does. We can become the energy independent nation that we need
to be by cutting away our need to import oil, especially oil that is
produced by anti-American nations such as Iran. Ultimately, renewable
energies and extremely efficient energies like atomic energy are far
less expensive than the continuous mining and drilling for fossil fuels.
If we do not invest in our future now, catastrophe awaits us. We are
going to need to consume more energy than ever in our history as we sail
into the 21st century and beyond—our dependency on foreigners for
meeting these energy needs only leaves us open to sabotage while
draining our coffers in order to fill other nations'.
It can be argued that federal, state, and local governments should work
in conjunction on the issue of alternative energy research and
development and implement mandatory programs for new home construction
and all home remodeling that stipulate the installation of alternative
energy power sources—eventually over a certain period of years
transforming into 100% installation of alternative energy sources for
any new home or corporate building—as well as backing a similar program
to have all new vehicles produced in the nation be hybrid vehicles or
hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles by the year 2020. All levels of
government could also impose mandatory compliance laws on construction
and utilities companies. The utility companies in all 50 states should
be required to invest in alternative energy research and development
while also being required to buy back, at fair rates, excess energy
produced by homeowners through their use of alternative energy power
sources. Strong financial incentives need to be in place for new
companies to invest in developing renewable energies. This would not
only make the US energy independent at the fastest possible rate, but it
would stimulate the growth of the economy and provide tens of thousands
of new, good-paying jobs for people.
Alternative energy generation in the forms of solar, wind,
hydroelectric, biofuel, geothermal, and atomic; alternative energy
storage systems such as more efficient batteries and hydrogen fuel
cells; and alternative energy-furthering infrastructures with superior
energy efficiency all need to be brought into the affordable price range
through development. Government investment into these matters would
surely help us along.
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