What Hockey Immortals and Renewable Energy Share in Common
When he was asked about the secret of his success, “The Great” Wayne Gretzky replied, “I don’t skate to where the puck is now; I skate to where the puck will be.”
Maybe there’s something here for folks trying to make sense of the future of the energy industry. We understand that we will not be burning coal and driving Hummers 50 years hence. We will, whether it’s out of conscience and decency, or out of force of necessity, make the transition to sustainable forms of energy and transportation. But how? When?
People with a business interest in this arena could consider my new book: “Renewable Energy – Following the Money” (click to see on Amazon.com) an attempt to make sense of all this. Where are we going? Why? How soon? What are the key pieces to the technological evolution? The economic trends? The political in-fighting at all levels that makes this such a difficult calculus?
I do my best to pull all this apart and provide insight into the truth in this – arguably the most important set of issues facing humankind today.
Like it. Invest ahead of the curve and wait until the curve occurs. Been doing that for a long time, but not stopping now.
I hope it’s been working for you; it certainly doesn’t for everyone. Think of how many people are regarded as being “ahead of their time” and all the pain that normally implies. And here, of course, it’s more than a matter of money; it’s a matter of the sustainability of humankind.
I agree but as things are now, global population growing at 8 million per month, water scarcity getting worse, food supply in danger, energy supply and every other resource on earth getting more and more difficult to get, because of scarcity, social pressures, wars, we seem to be getting to the end.
I would say that investing in any of the above (water, food, energy, communications, transportation; and then housing, clothing, healthcare; and continue with banking (as we can’t live without money); that’s where we should invest. Not in gaming, vacationing, luxuries, these waste our lives away and in the end, lead us to nothing.
Well, then, after another thought goes through my head, we should also invest in severe climate damage protection, like heat waves, tornadoes and hurricanes, water poisoning, food poisoning, air poisoning,… what have we done ?!!! God help us!
Let’s invest in a good God relationship!
This reminds me a little of a quote attributed to Abe Lincoln – “If I were given only one day to cut down a very large tree, I would spend all morning sharpening my axe.”
As the saying goes, Gretzky always ‘skated with eggs in his pockets’, that is he avoided going where the likely result was a good thumping. As all coaches would say “keep your head up, kid” i.e. don’t be so focused on the puck that you’re not looking out for your well being. The chimera of cheap electricity seems to be the puck that all the puck hogs are chasing with heads down, “cruisin’ for a bruisin'”. Check it out: http://www.psr.org/assets/pdfs/coal-ash.pdf
Ha! I can see you’re a man of analogies. I like it!
THE PUCK STOPS HERE !! Hopefully we are gaining awareness all the time. I was happy after taking many college tours with my daughter that some of the UC’s students are calling for divestiture of fossil fuel investments in their colleges investment portfolio.Way to go youth