PopSci has a decent piece detailing ten steps to ending our “fossil fuel addiction.” Many of these you’ve heard before (like using more wind power), but this piece provides a nice up-to-date summary of the various technologies concerned. The real tragedy in all of this is how relatively easy many of these steps would be to implement, if we had the collective will to do so.
Step 1: Harness the Wind
Turbines are getting stronger, lighter, bigger
Step 2: End Gridlock
Make power where we use it
Step 3: Rev Up Our Hybrid Rides
Ultralight parts and a plug could double America’s mileage
Step 4: Brew Better Ethanol’
Step 5: Switch on the Sun Lamp
Step 6: Go H2
Step 7: Ride the Waves for Watts
A sea change, indeed, with tidal turbines and generators
Step 8: Dig Deeper
We can now mine hotspots in more places
Step 9: Make Gas from Trash
Heat + waste = power
Step 10: Use “Negawatts”
Nice: saving money. Nicer: saving the planet
[Via Boing Boing]