Yesterday, I was able to sit in at a meeting with officials from the Energy Department and the CEO of the Philippine National Oil Corporation. Unlike many of the government meetings I’ve been to, this was very much cordial, casual (over pizza) and highly instructional. It was like taking an unsolicited crash course on energy and the oil industry. Like everyone else, the Energy people talked about the possibilities of renewable sources of power and how it is the only choice we have for the next decade unless we wish to enter into a new age of darkness.
Chilling fact: The world’s oil supply will disappear in twenty years.
So what are we doing about it?
Very many things, but not nearly enough.
Initiatives from all over the globe are being made to further our understanding and application of renewable energy. Europe, Japan and America are working full time to come up with mass produced clean energy automobiles. Scientists from all over the globe are working on different kinds of bio-fuels and alternative fuels. Engineers are designing more fuel-efficient and quieter aircraft and vessels. In the Philippines, full support and generous incentives and tax cuts are bestowed upon those who enter into the renewable energy business, through the Renewable Energy Act of 2008.
We are entering into a new age of responsibility where the world’s light can shine brighter than ever before. In this generation, in our lifetimes, we have no choice but to understand the value of interweaving productivity with preservation.
Renewable energy is clean, efficient, free and unlimited. This will provide lower costs for electricity and, effectively, on all goods and services across the board. The better overall quality of life of each and every person will be assured. This is not only good for the environment; it will certainly be good for business.
So, is this a pie-in-the-sky scenario? Many people continue to think just that. But it doesn’t take a delusional optimist to know that we are moving forward with these technologies and fast. Today, it is perhaps the best place to dump your money because every future activity is pointing towards that particular direction. Like buying Google in its first year of operation, this could be a jackpot that is right before our very eyes and it only takes very common sense to realize this.
It’s time we end the age of promise and enter into an age of fulfillment. Our survival depends completely on it. All this talk of environmental protection is nothing more than self-preservation. If we do not get our act together in the next twenty years, our extinction is a proximate certainty. Mother Nature provides but she will not rescue us from our own stupidity. I have no doubt in my mind that Earth can survive and revive itself without us.
But can we do the same without it?
That is your pie-in-the-sky.
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