True Patriots Should Heed the Call of Renewable Energy

By now, a few important things have been established about the U.S. economy:

• Due to falling demand, jobs in coal mining are not coming back, regardless of the completeness with which environmental regulations are gutted.

• Jobs in solar and wind energy are growing at a much faster pace than the economy as a whole. 

• The rest of the world is applying a full-court press to the challenges posed by fossil fuel consumption.

Here’s an article that documents the $19 trillion boost to the world economy associated with the migration to renewables.  The only question is this: will the federal government be a help or a hindrance in carving out a high percentage of these jobs for Americans, or will it remain a slave to the oil companies and block the road to prosperity?

In truth, there is no answer to that question that is set in stone;  it’s up to us, the governed, to make the call.

Let’s get this one right.  Let’s not let one bad decision (November 8th, 2016) cause us to make another one now.

I think it was Miles Davis who said, “The success or failure of the performance of a piece isn’t a function of the first mistake;  it’s a function of what happens immediately after the first mistake.”

Let’s regain our composure and move boldly on.