Originally Posted by atpcliff

The ONLY efficient sources of energy are renewable. Non-renewable means they will end, and all of our resources poured into extracting coal/oil/gas will be a waste, once the resources aren't needed, or are depleted. We will have oil/gas/coal infrastructure, that was expensive, sitting idle...VERY inefficient.

Renewable means the sources of energy won't end, and any money we put into them will continue to pay dividends down the road.