That same imagination which discovered how to split atoms and create weapons of mass destruction must now be focused on tapping clean, renewable energy for the survival of humankind and Mother Earth. The time has arrived for global citizens to adopt a Space Race mentality toward harnessing and using clean, sustainable energy. Almost everything in our economy depends on energy. Our food, for example is planted, harvested, and transported by costly gasoline powered machines. As long as we depend on these limited sources of non-renewable energy, pollution will increase, prices will rise, poverty will remain, and we will still be at the mercy of dubious overseas governments and multinational power brokers.
Energy is the centerpiece and heart of the economy.
Now if we can liberate energy from the shackles of control and dependence, abundance will spread and pollution will be eliminated. We live at that turning point when energy is about to become free like it flows from the Sun, the wind, the water, and the cosmos. But the race to liberate power is on. Just as computers replaced typewriters, and automobiles followed horses, fossil fuels will soon be history. In Japan, solar electric generating silicon roof tiles will cover some 70,000 homes in the next few years.