As a continuation of my previous post…
Natural systems utilize resources to their maximum possible benefit. Now there is a lot to be learned from this example. Species are creative as to the varied ways they use the materials in their local environment. Virtually nothing goes to waste. We can do the same.
And in many ways, you may do so already. But are there some ways you can make better use of what is around you? Instead of treating certain things as waste to be discarded, is there something productive you can use them for, which will prevent you from buying something in their place, thus saving you money?
It is really amazing as to what can be achieved from this overall philosophy, which will also be discussed in more detail in a later post. But how can this principle help create jobs and independence?
Let’s take alternative energy for example. In my opinion, there is no way that it is not possible for the United States to become energy independent in the next ten years. It’s just a matter of making the most out of what is available and utilizing these resources to their maximum possible benefit.
And I am going to drive home this notion to emphasize this point. No matter what those who oppose the notion of “green” or alternative energy say, I feel that a combination of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass generated power can produce all the energy we need. Period. Frankly, I am tired of the debate about this. Let’s just come together and work hard toward the solution.
Fossil fuels make for an easy crutch. The internal combustion engine, which our transportation systems still entirely rely on, was invented in the 1800s! Granted there have been modifications made to increase its performance over time, but the basics of it are still in place. So think about it this way – we are still utilizing a technology that was invented well over a century ago! I think it is because it is easy, and a hugely profitable system has been developed around it.
But in a current-day application, with all the challenges facing the world and the economy, can’t we think beyond an 1800s technology, utilize readily available and plentiful resources to their fullest extent and benefit, and work toward the achievable goal of developing new 21st century technologies!?!?
To me, that’s a formula to help create jobs and achieve energy independence, and I will not let anyone else tell me different. And it’s not just rhetoric. If we take these natural principles, and utilize what we have to its maximum possible benefit, then it can happen. Human ingenuity is far too creative to say that we can’t do it!
So to sum up the application of these principles in an example using the simplest terms possible…
Solar radiation (sunlight) is readily available just about anywhere in the world. In our own country, this is, of course, a locally-available resource. We can make the most of it.
How? By utilizing all of our related resources to their maximum possible benefit.
What are these resources?
Money. Look at the government bailout? What if $500 billion of it was instead devoted to the development of solar technologies that could be made affordable for everyone and satisfy all of our energy needs? I’m sure that within just a few short years, they would be developed.
People. What about engaging our home-grown talent? Motivating them to study and learn the sciences needed to develop such a thing? Yes! Our people are our #1 resource. There are some brilliant minds out there that, with the proper nurturing and education, have the capability to develop the ideas that can drive the technologies of tomorrow. The same goes for the trades people, skilled labor, and hands-on workers who can be put to work developing and manufacturing the “nuts and bolts” of it all! Now there’s some job creation! Energy is one of the absolute largest industries in the world. Everyone uses it as a product, and it is needed everywhere!
Natural resources. Sunlight is everywhere, and it takes no effort to mine, drill, or obtain it. We’re literally bathing in it every day, but we are most certainly not utilizing it to its maximum benefit. When we unlock the secret of efficiently and easily obtaining maximum energy from it, then the possibilities are endless!
And what about the raw materials needed to provide the vehicles for this energy delivery. I’m sure too that with the right technologies, we can make the most of what we have available to us.
The time is at hand to look at these things seriously and with an open mind.
More to come…
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