A question concerning a proposal?

Question

I am President of Future Futurity, Inc. and I am diligently working on a proposal to create complete energy independence for the United States by 2020. Aside from not having anyone to work with me on this proposal - yet - I am left with an important question. Once completed in its entirety in January 2009, how can I get serious consideration for my proposal when there are other proposals out there as well? Of course, my first step is to finish writing it, but I would like to know where I can get serious consideration for my energy plan?

Answer 1

Not to be overly cynical, this will be difficult to do. Keep in mind that most of what you see and hear from public officials is not in synch with reality or with their true views. So they may say they want energy independence but if they are beholden to interests that oppose that goal, their public speeches will differ from their actual votes. They may move to block such an initiative in many ways, some obvious and some subtle, such as revising regulations or just making a phone call to a local government official.

We've always had the ability to have energy independence, but politicians have consistently blocked it by denying drilling or even exploration for oil on most public lands and offshore as well. We could develop nuclear power as France has done, but that too has been blocked, both politically and thru lawsuits. This has happened with geothermal and hydroelectric plants as well as coal utilization.

In short, don't expect any help from Washington and as soon as you go public you should expect some interference, possibly a lot of pressure to stop or to co-opt you or change your goals.

Energy independence requires nothing more than serious investment in research and development of solar thermal technology and wind generation, along with next generation power cells. With cheap, renewable power and reliable and efficient batteries you can power anything short of an airplane for pennies.