Learning New Energy Habits

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PROBLEM
Once abundant oil, coal, and natural gas reserves that have fueled industrial and economic growth for decades are now reaching or may already have passed peak production and can not sustain continued high levels of consumption and provoke resource wars. Nuclear fuel use is also unsustainable with no satisfactory solution for the disposal of long-lived radioactive waste and the potential for catastrophic human and environmental harm.

GOAL
Utilize only energy produced from sustainable, renewable resources.

IDEAL
All energy consumed throughout the life cycle of the product, from extraction and processing of raw materials through the manufacture, use and ultimate disposal of the product is derived entirely from sustainable, renewable energy sources, and the product produces energy from renewable sources during its use. Optimal products may make use of solar, wind, water, geothermal or sustainably harvested biobased sources.

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