Energy and Technology By: Jack Schiffhauer

 Today there is now a “race” to develop renewable energy technologies. Inventor Thomas Edison voiced his opinion about using combustion instead of natural renewable resources for power. He stated in an interview “This scheme of combustion to get power makes me sick to think of— it is so wasteful, you see we should utilize natural sources and thus get all of power. Sunshine is a form energy, and the winds and tides manifestations of energy. Do we use them? Oh no, we burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel.” That comment says a lot because having someone know about being able to use natural resources that long ago could have have saved our planet a long time ago and we most likely wouldn’t have to worry about climate change or be talking about this today. We could’ve put a stop to climate change a long time but no one wanted to do anything about it. 

https://news.mit.edu/2019/race-develop-renewable-energy-technologies-1218 

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  1. Makenna PontalionOctober 1, 2020 at 4:47 PM

    I agree with you that the quote your provided really describes how the world is using unhelpful things when there are things in the world that would be way better. In order for climate change to change those people have to open their eyes and see how bad the items they are using are to the world. That is a long shot but I hope that one day they will realize what they are doing to the world. -Makenna

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  2. BobOctober 9, 2020 at 7:19 AM

    There's been more in the news lately about fusion--that might be the miracle ahead
    bob

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