Renewable energy investment makes up the second leg of the argument. There is a growing need for research and development into solar, wind, and other forms of power. We can’t keep burning things to make lights come on when we have, as Elon Musk said, a giant, free source of energy right up in the sky. All we need is the will to change.
The good news from my perspective, now that I’m following sites like Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid, it is clear that this movement away from coal and oil is only accelerating, if we can get our politicians to listen for long enough.
The third part of my desire for this is sheer nerdliness. I’ve been watching Tesla for a while now, and what they’re doing is impressive under the leadership of Elon Musk. You can read about Elon Musk in a long and humorous fan perspective at Wait But Why if you don’t know much about him already.
In summary: Built Paypal, started Tesla Motors with the world’s sexiest electric car, and has this thing called SpaceX who launched and then landed a freaking rocket so they could re-use it later.
In any case, Tesla and SpaceX are working to improve our situation on this planet, and try to get us to other planets. If you haven’t watched the Tesla Powerwall launch, I recommend it.
For me, its about looking at the system and how I can learn more about it. Maybe there is a job in renewables that I can take my tech skills to? I don’t yet know all of what the future will hold.
What I do know is that I’m down with lower household running costs, a smaller carbon footprint, and analysing the data available to me from the system.
