Economy deflates renewable fuel plans

Denver Post- October 18, 2008
Not only does the price of oil affect everybody, but the recent economic depression has spread to other countries as well. The economic and credit upheaval has caused major concern for environmental projects around the state and nation, but hopefully Congress will help with many developments. The importance of the government to invest, or at least provide tax money to renewable energy research and development, is without a doubt, enormous. We will not be able to switch away form coal and oil sources at the instant they cease to provide for our energy needs. The change to alternative energy is a long, expensive, complicated, but necessary process. Besides the central idea of renewable energy changing our energy source, but it also is an industry that will employ thousands if not millions around the world. The oil industry will still continue to produce and thus provide jobs while hopefully decreasing the number of employees over several decades without causing massive unemployment.
The more renewable energy projects that are funded and built help to educate that many more people, and the more people educated about energy will hopefully push for it.

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