Non-Petroleum Dependence

World today is like a junkie

We need to have non-petroleum dependence in the world. It’s not only necessary for the planet ecological survival; it’s critical to the health and well-being of every human. Sooner or later we are all going to have to face changes to our way of life.

Clean and renewable kinds of energy

It’s so obvious that the global oil supply will not sustain an overpopulated planet and everyone agrees that extraction, distribution and burning of fossil fuels contribute to environmental problems. In the near future the world’s economic dependence on petroleum production will continue to grow because we have implemented few clean and renewable energy alternatives. We need to find, and apply alternatives from renewable sources of energy reducing Human impact in the world.

Enviromental problems

What alternatives energy sources exist to replace our present great dependency on petroleum? The car industry will broke? We have the technologic for that? The alternative is following the coal or oil-based path; suffering from price volatility import dependence, mounting pollution and health problems and expensive retrofits. We know how to do. The alliance to save energy believes that with just few adjustments, society will make the jump from unlimited oil comsuption to sustainable economies based on improved energy efficiency.

Petroleum finances the politicians and "dictators"

The problem is more political than technological. It is an economic and political thing, as the price of oil increases, the first to suffer will be the world’s poorer nations. Barrels prices will rise significantly and some political figures (something like dictators) will be more rich and powerful in their countries. But, renewable means cheap energy. When the product is cheap they don’t have money to finance the next presidential elections.

The citizens of the industrial world suffer from collective ecological blindness that reduces their collective sense of “connectedness” to the ecosystem that sustains them. 
It’s not when, but how we will do this transition.

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong (Dallas, Texas, U.S) was one of the most espectacular atlethes and his life experience teaches how to overcome adversity until today.

Lance started in road racing cyclist competition pretty early. When Lance appers to the sport, people said Lance was a natural and the biggest talent ever. However, he was diagnosed as having testicular cancer in 1996.

Tour de France is the most tradicional road racing cyclist competition. Before the cancer Lance was placed in 8th (1995) and 7th (1996). After he was diagnosed he stopped with training and competitions to make the cancer treatment.

Lance with cancer

He never gave up, after his surgery his doc stated that he had less than 40% survival chance. In 1998 he returned in an official competition then he won Tour de France seven times in a row. (1999-2005)

Beasides all the adversity, Lance had all the reasons to retire but he still fought and became one of the greatest examples to learn how to overcome adversity.

Video: Road Against the cancer