As fuel electricity prices rise the average working class citizen is wondering how to keep up with the cost of living. Heating oil and gasoline prices have skyrocketed in the past decade due to speculation in the market, and wages have stagnated leaving the average workers reaching for lint their pockets.  Many economists believe the cost of food and fuel will cause another recession, and if the government allows the United States default on its debt we will suffer a hardship not many in this country are prepared for.  It makes us all wonder if there is something more we Americans can do to solve the energy crisis.  The short answer is, we need to empower ourselves, not industrial corporations.

The truth is alternative energy solutions exist all over the globe, but in America we have not done all we can to support and grow the industry. Oil & Gas companies are some of the most profitable corporations on the planet and are extremely influential in the political arena.  The fossil fuel industry is connected to nearly every quadrent of our economy, which is why there is valid hesitation concerning a transition to a sustainable~renewable energy economy. They have worked to suppress alternative energy to some degree on the local and national level, yet right here in New York State we have created a company that can build you a residential or commercial structure 100% off the grid for good.

In less than 24 hours California voters will determine the election of a new governor, legalization of pot and proposition 23, a closely watched environmental election fight.  Passage of prop. 23 will suspend the golden states innovative global warming law of 2006, until the unemployment rate reaches %5.5 percent or lower for over a twelve month period.  This number is unobtainable and has been for decades.

Whether or not you believe in the science of global warming or support green innovation this is a ballot measure of significance.  Two of the largest proponents of this initiative are from two Texas oil companies; Valero and Tesoro Corp.  What they stand to gain from status quo is huge if they receive the voters support. 

What kills me is that these oil companies have such a vested interest in our economy, as they think that they have our best interest in mind.  Coincidently the brothers that own Tesoro also own Georgia Pacific, which is so called going “green”.   I’m curious as to why the are working to instill fear of green initiatives when they are the only ones to loose if we move forward and become competitive in a new world market.