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Renewable energy appearing as best option following oil disaster

How Obama Could Use the Gulf Oil Disaster to Buoy Renewable Energy, Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World, by Brit Liggett, 05/03/10 Amid the depressing news that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is still not contained nor getting better — over two week after the disaster started — there may be a little green ray of hope. The devastating effects of this oil rig spill could be the perfect moment to garner support for renewable energy.

Last week President Obama announced that he was halting all future offshore drilling until this oily mess is figured out, but we think he should take that a step further. This oil spill is the perfect chance to educate the public about the devastating side effects of our dependency on oil and the clean future that renewable energy offers us as an alternative.

How Obama Could Use the Gulf Oil Disaster to Buoy Renewable Energy | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

May 4, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, solar, wind