{"id":1071,"date":"2010-07-24T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T23:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2010-07-24T20:53:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T00:53:52","slug":"most-everyone-wants-clean-energy-but-is-it-practical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/24\/most-everyone-wants-clean-energy-but-is-it-practical\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Everyone Wants Clean Energy but is it Practical?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oil polluting Dauphin Island tidal pool, photographed July 11, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

Without a practical plan, the desire for clean energy is nothing more than a busted pipe dream. So, while most people realize the importance of clean energy for preserving our way of life, without a plan we will remain stuck in the tar pit of dirty energy and environmental pollutants.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year before the oil spill, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy<\/a> issued a challenge with a $10,000 prize for the development of\u00a0a practical plan. Oceana\u2019s Vision 2020<\/a> was the winner of the alliance\u2019s challenge (see winner announcement<\/a>). A presentation and podcast of Oceana\u2019s incremental plan can be found at the alliance\u2019s webinar archive<\/a>. Oceana has also published a six-page report<\/a> on the plan. The plan addresses (a) environmental sustainability with the use of clean reusable energies such as offshore wind power and bio-fuels; (b) energy conservation primarily through energy efficiency; (c) reductions in residential and commercial heating consumption and in the overall production of electricity through improved technologies; and (d) energy reductions in transportation through the use of \u201cdiesel (45 MPG), hybrid-electric (45 MPG), plug-in hybrid electric (70 MPG), and electric vehicles (2.9 MPkWh)\u201d and slower speeds in worldwide shipping. All the technologies in Oceana\u2019s plan have proven track-records, and rather than cost money, over time the plan would save money and create jobs. The plan if fully implemented in the U.S. would reduce U.S. oil consumption by 26% by 2020 and by 74% by 2035 \u2013 thus eliminating the U.S. dependence on domestic off-shore oil and greatly reducing the U.S. dependency on imported oil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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