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Just recently in the downtown Fresno Radisson Hotel, five of us who make our living in tidy energy went over the state of the industry, the economy and the latest happenings in California's sun-drenched San Joaquin Valley.
Offer it a few years and I think even fossil fuel "energy" business will see the requirement to accelerate advancement of cost-competitive Clean energy and develop market share. It's there.
Wind is very abundant in numerous parts of the country, therefore, numerous homes can profit from the use of wind as a source of home energy. It is likewise stated the future's primary source of energy would be the air. As the expense energy production through fuel and oil grows significantly high, the tidy, free and safe air is the better option.
The Valley has been on its own for generations. Its people know how to do more with less. Regrettably, innovators frequently have actually needed to go TV show trends elsewhere to pursue their dreams.
My friend Charles in Texas would beat me over the head with that fact, arguing about the value of unrefined oil to incredibly customized choppers, fast vehicles and jobs-- in about that order.
There is hydrogen energy, which I still believe is the future. Google it and California, and up pops a proposed project to turn petroleum coke (a refinery by-product) and coal into hydrogen. The CO2 would be stored underground. Fascinating.
Making a hydropower plant also means developing a dam. And dams are usually made on rivers. Rivers are rerouted and blocked. The negative thing about this is that it could trigger condition on the natural environment, or environmental damages by changing the environment of the river both downstream and upstream. Population near that river is constantly transferred and likewise, there is this danger of a weak dam failing, causing significant disaster when the big bulk of water floods everything on its path.
Well, we can't just alter this type of innovation in an instant. We require the support from business, topmost of which is car makers and the likes. Yes, we may not have the innovation to directly alter this state. But still, we do have the understanding on how to do things. And this would not be possible if we, consumers, will not support the innovation. Remember this is also governed by the easy idea of supply and demand.