{"id":809,"date":"2008-10-27T01:51:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T06:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2008-10-27T01:51:45","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T06:51:45","slug":"a-new-energy-economy-is-emerging-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/a-new-energy-economy-is-emerging-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Energy Economy Is Emerging In the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/solar-panels.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-685\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/solar-panels.jpg\" alt=\"feed-in tariff\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/greenbuildingelements.com\/2007\/05\/19\/weekend-review-the-renewable-energy-handbook-and-smart-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Renewable<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; seems to be the main tag of the <a title=\"Green Economy Likely to Rebound Faster From Financial Turmoil\" href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2008\/10\/05\/green-economy-will-rebound-faster-from-financial-turmoil\/\" target=\"_blank\">new energy economy<\/a>. In spite of the fact that funding seems to be drying up for green businesses (Reuters), the new energy economy is showing remarkable signs of progress.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text\"><em>\u201cAs <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2008\/10\/15\/supply-side-economics-transforming-carbon-emissions-into-useful-products\/\" target=\"_blank\">fossil fuel <\/a>prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of <a href=\"http:\/\/ecopreneurist.com\/2008\/10\/15\/a-breakthrough-technology-to-transform-co2-into-fuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coal,<\/a> a new energy economy is emerging in the United States,\u201d<\/em> says Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release, <a href=\"http:\/\/world-wire.com\/news\/%E2%80%9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u201cNew Energy Economy Emerging in the United States\u201d <\/a>. \u201c<em>The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, is being replaced by one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy. The transition is moving at a pace and on a scale that we could not have imagined even a year ago.<\/em><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many states are gearing up to be energy super powers by focusing on the large scale development of wind, solar and geothermal energy resources. The <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2008\/10\/22\/election-coundown-socialism-vs-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">government<\/a> will need to step up and keep pace with industry by developing a strong national grid.<span class=\"text\"> Although private investors are investing in long-distance high-voltage transmission lines, these need to be incorporated into a carefully planned national grid in order to unleash the full potential of renewable energy wealth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text\"> For full report go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthpolicy.org\/Updates\/2008\/Update77.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.earthpolicy.org\/Updates\/2008\/Update77.htm<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAs fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging in the United States,\u201d says Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release,  \u201cNew Energy Economy Emerging in the United States\u201d . \u201cThe old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, is being replaced by one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy. The transition is moving at a pace and on a scale that we could not have imagined even a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center 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