On our recent trip, I enjoyed the windmills in Spain, but I didn't see the "wave power" when we were in Portugal. A Scottish company is deploying sausage-shaped tubes off Portugal to create the world's first commercial wave power plant providing electricity to 1,500 homes. They expect to expand this to a 20 Megawatt system before long. As you watch the video think about the jobs that have been created in Scotland. Do you have any idea how much these workers earn??
The European Union is going full steam ahead on their commitment to convert to renewable energy. The European Union requires 22 percent of electricity consumption to come from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and wave by 2010. You've probably seen lots of stories on your local news or "Fox & friends" keeping you informed on these and other stories that WILL have an effect on your life and your grand children's. Yeah right!! We all hear about Brittney's latest adventures, Prince Harry's girlfriend, and the latest reason why we should be frightened of terrorists, but with few exceptions (a few like Lou Dobbs), no one is letting you know the important news that really affects your life.
Even if global warming doesn't exist as Fox tells us, how will the countries working on these energy solutions fare in the future? Will we manufacture any of the many new energy technologies or will we be serving them hamburgers?
And by the way, is the rest of the world paying $100 a barrel for oil? Not really. See my next post.
