Freedom's just another word for nothing left to burn...
We've been burning things for aeons. We were burning before we could speak. Our friend fire was a good servant, but has become a hard master.
Burning is just releasing stored solar energy. Whether it is oil, coal, natural gas, or wood, it all started out as sunshine. Even wind and rain are fueled by sunshine.
Photovoltaics burn sunshine. Wind and hydro turbines burn sunshine. Solar heaters and cookers burn sunshine.
When we burn sunshine, we go directly to the source. We do away with the thousands of years needed to make oil, coal and natural gas.
We do away with the hundreds of years to make a tree. We short circuit the entire energy chain and go directly and immediately to the source.
By tapping the source, we bypass middlemen, pollution, and greed. Our friend fire has indeed shown us that dead dinosaurs smell after several million years. Energy is like many perishables, it's best used fresh.
Nature smiles when we accept her greatest gift, Springtime Sunshine, as she offers it.
Richard Perez
