Monday March 11, 2002

Interesting article on switching to a wind generated, hydrogen powered society.

"We have vast stretches of land in the Midwest owned by mostly small farmers who can make more money wind farming than they do with crops and cattle."
If this sounds a bit farfetched, he observed that America spends billion a week on oil imports, giving much of that money to people who despise the United States.

"We could give that money instead to the farmers in the Midwest and, frankly, have a big boom in our economy."
Braun speaks with a clear sense of urgency. He told EV World that the world is consuming 4 barrels of oil for every one we discover. This is a situation that cannot long be sustained, he contends.

"You will not win this game. We need to get off of oil with war time speed and not wait until the price of oil goes to 0 a barrel before we start building the wind machines."