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Thursday, February 28, 2008

12 ideas to help shape a healthier energy future

12 ideas to help shape a healthier energy future

Every second of every day, the United States consumes 10,000 gallons of oil — enough to fill 60 backyard swimming pools every minute. It uses 20 railroad cars of coal a minute and enough cubic feet of natural gas each day to build a tower to the moon and back 25 times. It's balanced on a razor's edge of growing demand and tightening supply, and the harsh reality is that there is no single solution.

By the year 2100, USA's energy mix will be radically different. But getting there will require all the energy it can develop from all sources — conventional and alternative. To help get there, Shell advocates a 12-point plan...

Read more about the plan from here

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