Society has turned conservation into a bad word. For some reason anytime a public figure talks about conservation he or she receives negative feedback from the public. No one likes to hear that we need to change the way we live our lives, especially if it means making any sacrifices in our everyday lives. I would love to say I’m a “free-marketer,” however I do not think we can get enough people to change that free marketers will be able to make any significant changes. The amount of people who actually care and acknowledge that we have a dependence and growing problem with fossil fuels is extremely minute. Within this group the amount of us actually working to make any change is even smaller. I feel like government intervention is almost absolutely necessary. If the government taxed energy even just a penny on the dollar more they could pool that money and pour it into research and development into alternate energy sources. I am a big fan of Algenol Biofuels. I really feel like this could be a good alternative energy source. Because the algae is harvested in labs, it allows for the building upward, unlike corn or some other methods, increasing output per square mile drastically. As individuals we can make the proactive decision to cut back on our own energy consumption. I know it doesn’t sound fun, but it is really easier than we might think. We can also send letters to the government lobbying for change. With enough of us working together, we might be able to make a change, hopefully before it’s too late!
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