Energy Literacy Advocates Newsroom

If we set aside the debate on global warming and look instead at our reliance on oil, we realize that failure to act and anticipate could be disastrous. Ninety-six percent of our cars rely on oil, and daily we consume 25% of the world's oil production total. New demands from China and India are placing increased pressure on a finite resource that we, by and large, import from other countries.

Does that mean we should all be forced to drive hybrids immediately? Pay penalties for our morning commute? Is this the end of the car? Not necessarily. It does mean, however, that we need to abandon our paradigm of cheap and easy energy, and start crafting realistic and new energy policy.

The whole reason that groups like Energy Literacy exist (and, dare I say it, are necessary) is to rise above talking points and hold a looking glass to the present - "What is really going on here?" We strive to evaluate future trends and avoid reactionary policy.

Trust me, we don't want to meet the future unprepared, and be left holding the bag.