2005
was officially the hottest year in recorded history, and global temperatures
are the warmest in this millennium. The ice caps and glaciers are melting
even faster than expected and hurricanes have increased in strength and
frequency. The evidence is in. Human activity, especially the burning
of fossil fuels, is altering atmospheric chemistry. (Proceedings
of the National Academy
of Sciences)(abstract)(full
text)
The GENI Initiative focuses on a global strategy — the interconnection
of power grids between nations, tapping abundant local and remote renewable
energy resources. We educate, promote, cajole, enroll and provoke utilities,
policy-makers, energy ministers and financiers to embrace this solution
for implementation within and between all nations.
What can you do every day at your home and business? Here's a top
10:
- Replace your lights with compact fluorescent bulbs
- Turn off lights and computer monitors when you leave a room
- Buy your electricity from a green energy provider
- Install solar lighting and water heating on your rooftop
- When you need new appliances, buy the "energy star" models
- Buy a hybrid (gas & electric) automobile the next time you are
in the market
- If your car allows, use E-10 or E-85 ethanol flex-fuel (made from
corn)
- Or even better, park the car and walk or bike on those short trips
- Invest your money into a green
energy fund
- Write
and ask your public officials to support incentives for renewable
development
Dealing with climate change takes everyone doing everything we can. We
must also convince India, China and the rest of the developing world to
leapfrog the fossil fuel path, and move directly into a clean and efficient
energy model.
Our children and grandchildren will live in a different world because
of climate change. This has occurred under our watch. GENI will continue
to push the solution of "linking renewables around the world."
We ask that you and your colleagues do your part as if the future depends
on it. Because it does.
In partnership for the planet,
