News from Mother: Renewables to the Rescue

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April/May 2007
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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Realistically, shifting all our natural gas heating systems, gasoline-powered vehicles and coal-burning power plants to wind-generated electric power may not be our best option. In fact, our future energy sources will likely be quite diverse. But the point is that renewable technologies can provide all the energy we need at a price tag we can afford. Wind power is already competitive with natural gas; solar photovoltaics are close behind; hybrids are hot; and battery technology is improving rapidly. What we have to do is step it up and insist that our tax dollars are spent wisely.

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We urge all of you to do everything you can to spread the word that renewables are ready and waiting to come to our rescue. The Internet lets good news spread so widely and so quickly that a huge shift in public understanding can happen very fast, both in the United States and around the globe. And speaking of the globe, we are offering a $5 discount on the Earth Flag this month. The flags make a vibrant symbol at rallies (a section of white plastic plumbing pipe makes an easy flag pole), and you can even add a spinning pinwheel to represent the slogan we’re suggesting for this year’s Earth Day: Invest in Wind, not War.

P.S. In case you’ve forgotten how to make a pinwheel, we’ve posted directions at www.MotherEarthNews.com/pinwheel.

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