Environmentalists,…

Environmentalists, Conservationists and the majority of the scientific community most familiar with the intricate biosystems of our planet realize that oil, although it is the most compact, versatile and exploitable form of energy known to man, is also a finite resource and is extremely damaging to the environment causing multiple long term detrimental consequences to the entire global ecosystem the greatest of which today is increasing atmospheric CO2.

It is, therefore, necessary to transition our energy supply from continued dependency on fossil fuels to cleaner forms of power generation wherever possible.
The continued dependency on burning carbon resources as a fuel is a wasteful and foolish use of a very valuable raw material for multiple current, and future expanding technologies.

The shift to large and small scale Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Tidal, Hydro-electric, Biofuels and the implementation of smart grid systems are all necessary; but a large portion of reducing our dependence on all fossil fuels will be from conservation and efficiency via the elimination of the vast amount of energy currently wasted.

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This is not flipping a switch! The transition to clean energy will be a long-term complicated process that takes initiative and action on many fronts and will require the efforts of individuals and communities as well as nations to make the necessary changes and adaptations required over the next several decades.

It is about recognizing the problems that are a threat to civilized society and taking the short term AND long term actions required to deal with them based on the preponderance of available evidence and technologies past, present, and future instead of clinging to faith in the failing status quo.