It’s fair to say that dwindling energy resources and ever growing demand is eventually going to shape up to be one of the greatest challenges ever to face all of mankind.  We know we need to act, and we’re starting to realize that we’re already behind the ball.  Unfortunately, now is a confusing time to be alive.  The lip service is building and it’s coming full force from every direction.  We’ve got “ideas” coming from our politicians who in many cases have “solutions” probably designed to garner votes than to actually solve anything.  We have activist groups who have answers that fit their agendas but put up barriers to ideas that don’t fit their ideals.  We have folks like T. Boone Pickens and Al Gore claiming to have it all figured out – but a look into their investment portfolios makes one wonder what it is they’re trying to solve.

What’s missing from all these ideas and plans being thrown around?  How about some cold hard facts?  Some actual numbers?  When they say “we have huge wind and solar resources,” wouldn’t it be nice to know what exactly “huge” meant? (more…)