The recent BioFuels Security Act released in the senate is exactly the kind of trend that is taking our nation in the direction of self-reliance and sustainability.
BioFuel and ethanol can be produced right here at home within the continental United States, and if we use our knowledge of current technologies to their limit, we could potentially provide enough energy resources thatan abundance would exist and not just for the US.
The BioFuels Security Act simply motivates automakers to increase their production of flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) while increasing simultaneously the number of filling stations that offer biofuels such as E85 (increasing the Renewable Fuels Standard to 60 billion gallons of ethanol and biodiesel by 2030) and facilitating laws that stimulate alternative methods of raising fuel crops such as corn, soy and saltwater algae ponds in the desert.
The conventional fuel crops already in production could potentially in the future help nourish the third world or be consumed locally without being endangered from other more sustainablecrops such as algae ponds that could easily take care of our current sewage and wastewater management issues.
If we find ourselves solving biodiesel and ethanol production with saltwater algae ponds that feed off of sewage for example; cleaning steams and lakes of pollution, replenishing the aquifer, and immediately cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions would all be just a few of the beneficial side effects.
We might find ourselves saving the Ozone from extinction, the environment from destruction and maybe even end up saving the planet from the threat of unrepairable ecological footprints.
One thing leads to another, and the moment our society gets a discussion like sustainability into the mainstream and political debate with thirty-second media bites; it becomes a reality for everyone immediately.
Being an eco-warrior has been a romantic concept for decades now, but with the BioFuels Security Act, more and more people may find themselves adhering to the ranks of Mother Gaia in an all out war to save the earth literally.
Systems Theorists might have a lot to say on that, especially after movies like MindWalk (Capra 1990) start being rerun all so coincidentally on late night public TV, some 17 years after its first release.
This might be a brainy subject for some, but it is really simple and easy to grasp, it all boils down to one simple factor; the people of our republic want to be independent as a nation, as an economy and mostly as a culture that does-it-ourselves.
If there is one aspect of our culture that has been clear since the days of our revolution, Americans want the independence of self-reliance, not depend on other countries.
It doesnt matter if its King George with tea or some Arabian nation with oil, our people want these things made in the USA!
And the solutions keep coming up as alternative energy sources that are renewable with sustainable practices that talk of stewardship and sustainability for today.
BioFuels Security Act is just one step in the direction of self-reliance and sustainability, not the whole, but it is a beginning, one that is sure to change the future of our nation for the children of our children.
BioFuels Security Act hints at a tomorrow filled with hope.
