If you are under 30 you can expect to live in a much different world by the time your kids are ready for college.  The Earth’s population will have just about doubled by then and climate change and the energy crisis will no longer be something you read about, but have to live with every day.  If certain people and organizations get their way you will be under constant surveillance by the government and private security companies and will have lost many of your rights and civil liberties.

Most of you know this and sense that your parents are not doing what is necessary to protect your future so you can have the same opportunities they have enjoyed.  Many of you are outraged – and you should be.  How could the baby boomer generation take such advantage of our resources and leave nothing for you?

Before you decide to condemn everyone over 50 let’s first take a look at what they did accomplish when they were your age.  Coming into the 60’s the US had some serious civil rights problems, and we had almost no awareness of how our lifestyles might harm the environment.  By the mid-60’s the US was fully engaged in a bloody civil war being fought in Vietnam and Cambodia.  The baby boomers were outraged.  They took to the streets and began a series of mostly peaceful protests that got the attention of the Establishment and Government.  By the time these kids were in their 30’s and having children of their own they had managed to initiate great social change that made our world a better place.

Problem: The demand for energy is rising as the cost of fuel increases and there are fewer and fewer viable sites available for new hydroelectric or nuclear power plants.

Solution: There are ways to produce energy that do not consume fuel or produce significant waste products.  Geothermal energy uses the heat from the earth's core to heat structures or generate electricity.

The following article takes a look at the potential of geothermal energy to provide a considerable protion of our energy needs as assessed by a panel of experts from MIT.

This article was reprinted from the MIT website:

A comprehensive new MIT-led study of the potential for geothermal energy within the United States has found that mining the huge amounts of heat that reside as stored thermal energy in the Earth's hard rock crust could supply a substantial portion of the electricity the United States will need in the future, probably at competitive prices and with minimal environmental impact.