| an ever-increasing demand for energy, and lessening | | | | power and we have knowledge. We can do |
| supplies of energy producing resources, the whole | | | | something about all this, and so make a difference to |
| world is heading towards a drastic energy crisis. The | | | | our family, our community, our nation, our world. |
| world supplies of coal, oil, and gas are finite, and | | | | The Governments of many nations around the world |
| WILL run out, yet more and more nations of the | | | | are pro-actively responding to the need for |
| world are becoming large-scale consumers as they | | | | alternative, renewable energy sources to supply an |
| become more industrialized and more sophisticated in | | | | ever-increasing proportion of their nation's energy |
| their standard of living. | | | | requirements, and are also looking for ways to lessen |
| There is, of course, also the fact that the methods | | | | the demand on energy. |
| used currently to generate energy are known to be | | | | We, as families and individuals, can also help reduce |
| detrimental to the atmosphere, belching out | | | | the use of fossil fuels, stem the global warming |
| greenhouse gasses and other pollutants. Scientists | | | | effect, and save ourselves money into the bargain. It |
| have been saying for some time that these | | | | is now possible to live very comfortably - and |
| emissions are increasing the global warming problem, | | | | without reducing our standard of living – by |
| and as more and more power is generated using | | | | incorporating certain products, design elements, and a |
| these traditional resources and methods of | | | | little bit of understanding, into our lifestyle. We can |
| production, the problems will only accelerate. | | | | use clean, green, renewable energy sources for our |
| It has been estimated that an increase in the earth's | | | | power generation, and we can save thousands of |
| overall temperature of only 2 degrees will have a | | | | dollars on the purchase and installation of a renewable |
| devastating effect on the natural elements, causing | | | | energy system by building our own. |
| huge swings out of balance in nature and massively | | | | Thousands of people all over the world already have |
| destructive tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes, | | | | their own renewable energy system operating for |
| forest fires, droughts, floods, etc.. It doesn't take | | | | them, reducing the pull on fossil-fuelled energy and |
| much imagination to understand the domino effect | | | | saving them money 24/7. Why not join them? |
| that will occur with nature so badly out of kilter. | | | | A alternative energy home doesn't require more |
| Meanwhile, the cost to the consumer for energy is | | | | maintenance than traditional homes. Solar technologies |
| also increasing – and this is not likely to lessen, | | | | require little to no maintenance, while just a regular |
| but rather it will continue to increase as time goes by | | | | oiling will keep wind and water turbines at peak |
| and the world's sources of fossil fuels becomes more | | | | performance. There is no better time to create your |
| and more depleted. I know this all sounds like gloom | | | | green energy home. Do yourself and the world good |
| and doom, but the good news is that knowledge is | | | | – it will be something you can be proud of. |