What a burden it must be for the rich and powerful to find ways to invest money and allot the earths resources to a population with one unanimous proclamation: "we need".Outside of economics i propose a solution that requires only a moment of consideration to conclude that it's net result will be a sustainable future that is not resource dependent.This is it.The world as a whole must "give"science the money and resources it requires to develop and advance alternative energy technologies to a point where they can be implemented globally.If we simply assume that energy technology can be developed alongside existing combustion based technology we are kidding ourselves.This conclusion is supported by the undeniable fact the fuel supplies are being depleted proportionate to population growth.In other words the longer we wait the harder it will be to solve the problem in time to avoid a kind of dark age where there is no energy to sustain existing technologies.Since our supplies are diminishing we must use them wisely.The most feasible way to do that is to use the remaining resources NOW to engineer renewable energy technologies to an advanced state of efficiency instead of the alternative which is to burn them all up and still run out while destroying the atmosphere at the same time.The United States could be the pioneer of this change in infrastructure.The first thing we must do is create electricity at little or no cost...and since cost equals product over time if we build "advanced" technologies built to last they will pay for themselves.It is a matter of investing in a future that we can be comfortable with or succumbing to the result of our present course.Which one are you more comfortable with?