I'm assuming by reading this article that the author lives in a land of rainbows and unicorns? I'm curious how the email was sent? Wind power? or even better, they turned a generator by hand to generate enough power to turn the computer on? This is a fundamental fact that the technology simple isn't there to live the way this article describes.. I have been in the OIL and GAS industry for 13 years and believe this or not, I live here too, my kids live here as well.. "on planet earth". I would be more then happy to trade in the authors cars, turn off their power, and sit them in the middle of the forest so they can have "Clean Power".. Here's some additional food for thought, With all the green energy, this means lighter, more efficient products like plastics. What do you think Plastics are made of? Petroleum............When the author quits drinking Kool-Aid and smoking hash, I would love to have an intellectual conversation concerning this topic. The current predictions are estimating that oil will once again be around 130 dollars a barrel by the summer of 2011 and gas will reach 4.50 gal . Do you honestly think China or India really give a shit about the environmental impact? This is yet another article written by someone who does not want to drill on American soil who wishes to buy Energy from countries who would love to re-create 9-11. I would like to have a definition of renewable energy. Examples of "renewable energy"

Solar Panels: Heavy metals , cant recycle, Short life span, expensive

Wind Turbine: Plastics - Interrupts bird migration. Environmentalists actually have fought against

Battery: Expensive. Acids: Short life span. Land Fill