Ten Things You Might Not Know about the Future of Clean Energy
by Gary Schwendiman
To be prepared for the future
requires awareness and understanding of the issues at play. The whole subject
of clean energy is beset with myths, rumors, and misunderstandings, so that the
average smart person can be forgiven for being confused about even the basic
terms. I wrote The Future of Clean Energy to clear up these myths and
confusions. These are important issues that will affect all of us within our
lifetimes. Here are just some of the points I address:
·
Climate Change is a
natural, periodic fluctuation in the Earth’s climate, subject to cyclic
alterations. Global Warming is a man-made and recent phenomenon whereby the
basic temperature of the planet’s atmosphere has increased and is increasing at
an unprecedented rate and to an unprecedented degree.
·
Natural gas is the only
source of energy currently used both to create electricity and to fuel
land-based vehicles. But it’s not the solution to the problems in either case.
·
Nuclear power is the
only source of energy currently used both to create electricity and to fuel
sea-based vehicles—submarines. In fact, nuclear-powered submarines have been in
use since the 1950s.
·
A development of the
technology used for nuclear submarines is the basis for Small Modular Reactors,
which might just be the solution to the energy crisis for some of the millions
of people currently without access to electricity at home.
·
The notorious nuclear
disasters of history were actually far less catastrophic than the media
presented them. For example, nobody died as a result of the nuclear
reactor failure at Fukushima.
·
Nuclear reactors and
nuclear weapons are not interchangeable whatsoever. Nuclear reactors create
clean electricity with no threat to security.
·
Battery-powered cars
and hybrids are not the solution to the coming fuel crisis.
·
The Internal Combustion
Engine is not going away; it just keeps improving.
·
Ethanol is the perfect
fuel to power the Internal Combustion Engine, and the corn used to create it is
not the same corn that we (or our meat) eat.
·
NASCAR and the Indie
500 have been using a high-ethanol fuel in their racing cars for some time.
This should be enough of an answer to anyone who’s heard that ethanol reduces
engine performance.
About the Author
In his groundbreaking new book, The Future of Clean Energy,
Dr. Gary Schwendiman details the startling truths he uncovered during ten years
of research in clean energy. Most popular beliefs about the future of clean
energy are simply wrong, and most governments waste billions of dollars on the
Dr. Schwendiman cofounded one of the first private equity
firms in the United States
to invest exclusively in clean energy. He has given presentations on clean
energy topics in 26 states and 10 foreign countries. Prior to that, he
dedicated much of his long career to studying, working, and contributing to
energy and fuel production.
This vast experience led Schwendiman to uncover the truths
about which clean energy technologies will win and which technologies will lose
as the world goes green. These truths will be shocking to most people, making
The Future of Clean Energy a must-read for everyone from political leaders to
energy executives to casual readers with an interest in how we’re going to
solve some of the world’s most difficult environmental and economic problems.
Schwendiman is the father of five children and grandfather of 14. He lives in Tucson,
Arizona.
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