Apollo II

"Nonrenewable resources should be exploited,
but at a rate equal to the creation of renewable substitutes."

by Herman Daly, [now at University of Maryland] in Ecological Economics


Our future is impossible as long as the citizens of the USA and those who emulate the USA consume their body weight in oil each week.

With reserves that, absent imports, would be used up in 4 years, the USA in particular is in no position to alienate its neighbors. Rather than invade oil-rich countries, drill for oil in pristine and marginal fields, or further endanger our planet with nuclear proliferation (in any country), humanity must mount a massive effort to create a viable renewable energy solution. If Iceland and the Galapagos Islands can do it, certainly the G8 and OECD nations can.

As John F. Kennedy called for a massive commitment, "We choose to go to the moon," it is now time to reach for [power from] the sun.

For humanity's sake, to replace the demands we are currently making on fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, we must increase the use of wind power, hydro-electric, photovoltaics, biomass, and other renewable systems world wide by perhaps 20-35% or more per year. We are calling this great mobilization "Apollo II."

Renewable Energy is about to become a profound growth industry, almost as dramatic as the electronic commerce fostered by the emergence of the World Wide Web. Here we present the goals and guidelines for this transition as proposed by various experts and renewable energy associations around the world.

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