http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/11/24/in-the-race-for-renewable-energy-germany-is-leading-the-u-s/
Germany is busting our chops when it comes to renewable energy. The country that gets about as much sunlight as Alaska is leading us big time, currently gleaning 25 per cent of its energy from renewable sources versus a puny 6 percent here in the United States. Back in 2000, Germany also realized 6 percent of its energy from renewable sources. Then it passed the Renewable Energy Act and is now on track to be powered with 80 percent renewables by 2050, with solar playing a big part on their energy stage, along with wind and biomass.
In the new book Clean Break: The Story of Germany’s Energy Transformation and What Americans Can Learn From It, author Osha Gray Davidson reports that 65 percent of Germany’s total renewable energy is now in the hands of individuals, cooperatives and communities. Only 6.5 percent of the country’s energy is supplied by German utilities.
so why are the republicans fighting our advancement and the Pres. plan to adopt renewables, because the big oil interest who control their paycheck under the counter want us to stay a fossil fuel, ozone depleating, global warming country, it's where they can still rake in billions for years to come.
they tell us the science is contrived no truth to it and then point to what they tell us is the futillity of solar and wind Solendra as a ploy like the one's they've used on us with oil and coal noot true it's the difference in a day at the beach and respirators.
In an interview with Alternet, Davidson recounts what it is like in Germany today, how quickly they are making the transition to renewables and how it is being accomplished. Not surprisingly, the key to change on a large-scale is dependent upon political will and public backing
and therein lies our conundrum, do w keep voting in those who only see oil and that farce of a oxymoron "clean coal", or do we vote for the change we looked forward to in 2008 but dropped the ball and allowed our Pres. to be sacked an unprecedented amount of times by the republicans while we sat and critized? dismissing "yes we can" and replacing it with "yes he can".
