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Renewable Energy: A Solution With Its Own Problems, Michael L. Elion

Michael L Elion

The United States faces crises of energy availability and environmental degradation caused by its dependence on fossil fuels for energy. Despite these realities, the United States’ antiquated infrastructure continues to carry energy generated predominantly by fossil fuel-burning and nuclear power plants to homes and businesses. The threats the U.S. electric system poses to the environment are grave, yet the U.S. energy industry has failed to take full advantage of new electrical engineering technologies that would upgrade the electrical system. Why, in this era of rapid climate change and rising electricity costs have policy-makers, energy-producers, and government regulators failed to implement …