Friday, November 19, 2010

We must not allow an REE gap! - Part III



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The Geological Society Of America (also known as the Geosociety) completed the installation of a solar power generating rooftop at their Colorado headquarters yesterday. The project was funded by Xcel Energy and the City of Boulder, and installed by Bella Energy. Good thing they bought into rene


This article summarizes what I was stumbling on about a while back. I can make it even more brief: We seek energy independence, as a country, by switching to renewable energy resources like wind and solar. Renewable energy requires materials that can not be adequately supplied in our own country. So, arguments that renewable energy will release us from reliance on other countries are false, the dependence is merely translated to other countries with different resources.

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