We are about to seriously embark on a  journey beyond lip service and mild suggestions.

Energy requirements globally, will insist that we take this journey or be sadly left behind.

There is an energy source which is at our disposal and it is a large radiating body known as the sun.

The sun is source for the alternative solar power, wind power and wave power. In addition to the physical warmth that it provides, the sun is in sympathy with photo synthesis to provide us with plants, chemosynthesis to provide us with energy from such plants and a parameter for life as we know it.

It is a little biased during dark hours, but its effects are continued. The sun is not licenced to any particular entity (save the Gods), and more can be done to exploit it.

Sure, "money energy" will be wasted as alternatives are expanded and developed, but money energy is wasted anyway. If something is learned then the waste is not total but a contributing factor to a process or heightened awareness.

Some areas of bio fuel, have become a disaster already and even in Ireland. It is preposterous to need so much quality food growing land, to operate a vehicle or to power a dwelling. Inflation will bear the brunt of this folly, but it seems to be a global frenzy rather than a sustainable solution. When pasta is dear in Italy, and bio fuels effect food prices in Ireland, then questions must be asked. That said, how can anyone blame an individual farmer, who has no greater financial return on his physical resources, and the stupidity lies in administration if there is any.

On a less depressing front, technologies are racing as well. CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) filters are coming on well with engineered membranes which either allow or deny such gases to penetrate them. At the moment, there seems to be limits with regard to function like temperature and pressures but the technology has been initiated so one would expect progress in the future.

 Some wind farms on a relatively small scale exist, but could concievably be greater in number or greater in design and efficiency. An alternative may become the norm, rather than a secondary source.

Upgrading Irish servers may reduce our cabon footprint Who would have thought that it was so high?