The Daily Technocrat

In the spirit of doing something good for our climate, and also in line with the ‘free money’ series I get into, I wanted to share the following link:

Top 100 Renewable Energy Projects

This really is a great site. It makes you wonder – why don’t these ideas take off? Could it be that the politicians under corporate oil control don’t want to lose their method of revenue? But what good is money if the climate kills you?

Seriously, if it’s not obvious already, the reason why electric cars, etc. haven’t taken off is because the energy companies want to develop their own lines of distribution so they can continue to profit. Hydrogen? Much less efficient than 100% electric vehicles. But the oil company lobbyists want to profit, not do what’s right. The bad part about blocking the best technologies for profit is tht it ends up taking money out of your pocket. Instead of a dollar or two for 100 miles in an electric car, you’ll spend much more to fill up on hydrogen.

And that’s just the way they want it. And since they own enough sway in government, there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Or is there?

Here’s an interesting idea: Clean Elections. Basically, this means you can’t buy your way into a political office. Everyone gets the same amount, and it is up to you to get elected, based on your principals. But why not apply that to all politics? If a company wants to drill for oil in your backyard, should they be allowed to buy off your representative? If anything, why not have them try to put the money towards the citizens, and let them decide? After all, we are the ones who have to live with these decisions…