Energy returned on Energy invested

Industrial societies are in the midst of fossil fuel century energy transition. Drastically reduced Energy Returned On Energy Invested (EROEI) of our petrol-dollar based economic system equates the continued use of fossil oil to increasing financial volatility, inflation, and eventual collapse of a system that cannot transition. The more we attempt to maintain, the worse it becomes including threats to democratic principals hard won for the civil freedoms we now enjoy given by prior generations that acknowledged & committed themselves to the sacrifices required of them. Fossil emissions of carbon meantime leading to biblical drought, flood, temperature extremes, corrupted seasonal patterns for food production. Equally growing and eventual broad based misery and death for the biosphere.

We will not run out of oil. We’ve run out of affordable, readily available sources of oil and inexpensive forms of fossil fuel energy that can be safely used broadly. Availability of a clean, energy dense, diesel fuel substitute is imperative. Mean time the cost of extreme weather events compound every year. The time and expense of maintaining the status quo including financial volatility, inflation, rescuing cities and towns from floods, fires, extreme heat and cold in every country is itself becoming all TOO costly. Therefore, both ever mounting cost of life and treasure underline the eventual complete destruction from holding to an energy system that does not transition more rapidly.

A de-centralized model is equally imperative in the short term for many communities around the globe. It is a realistic, perhaps the only option for material impact in a time frame that matters when built out ‘organically’ as a network or ‘hub & spoke’ infrastructure. The U.S. government, international bodies and younger generations across all major countries demand that change from intolerable delays, costs, and mounting physical threat they face daily. Fuels for power and energy resulting from clean, renewable sources and the re-use of waste offer a practical option for the rapid change required to retain the benefits of our civilized society and as our legacy. We must let go of the old model, central production & long distance distribution, as the only focus. That is our mission; local fuels & support for local fuel ‘eco-systems’. A new model of value, jobs, and energy for a prosperous, stable future. A more rapid, broad based clean energy transition is critical for all.