China has become the dominate country in manufacturing alternative energy equipment such as wind turbines and solar panels.

America can not directly compete on labor wages for manufacturing in alternative energy. Labor Unions push the cost of manufacturing equipment in America above a profitable margin point in which those companies can only compete with they receive government subsidies. This is continuous circle and is not good business.

So, in this new age of industry, how can America compete in a global market?
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Over the last 10 – 15 years we’ve seen an exponential amount of claims how global warming was caused by humans and that there would be devastating effects if we didn’t change our habits.

Over the last week, all of those claims may be burning down in flames.
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Marketing is a “social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and values with others.” It is an integrated process through which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return.

How are green energy marketers promoting renewable and sustainable energy sources in today’s marketplace? As the cost of oil increases, it becomes easier for marketers to promote alternative sources of energy as people go through the pain of paying high gas prices at the pump and energy bills for their home or business.
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The X PRIZE Foundation has narrowed down the contestants for the Auto X Prize for their $10 Million dollar prize purse. It’s been exciting to see the contestants and there vehicles develop over the past year and a half.

It will continue to be exciting to see the new technologies and vehicles that will eventually drive us into the future!
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You’ve been greening your house by installing solar panels on your roof, you’ve been greening your workplace by recycling and reusing old paper, you’ve greened your car by buying a Prius, you’ve been greening your entire life, sometimes without knowing why. You have green up to your eyeballs. With all these changes in your life, do you even know if you’ve actually helped the environment?
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You don’t have to be an environmentalist, you don’t have to recycle, you don’t even have to switch to a Hybrid electric vehicle.

We will eventually run out of oil, that is a fact. We don’t know if it will be in the next 20 years, 50 years, or 200 years. We don’t even have to run out of oil to be “out” of oil because once the economics of oil becomes too expensive, oil will no longer be produced or sold.
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The alternative energy sector is so fragmented between not only which type of alternative energy will be economical, but the technologies behind each alternative energy source are widespread with no clear trend.

It seems like each week I read, hear, or see a new method and technology to produce my garbage into a form of biofuel that will generate enough energy to run my truck for 100mpg!
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Green energy is the term used to describe sources of energy that are considered to be environmentally friendly and non-polluting, such as geothermal, wind, and solar power and also hydroelectric. Green energy sources are often considered “green” because they are perceived to lower carbon emissions and create less pollution.

In the media, Green energy is often used interchangeably with the term Renewable energy. Alternative energy and clean technologies are other terms often used instead of renewable energy. The terms suggest a non-polluting, non-fossil-fuel source. Green power is sometimes used in reference to electricity generated from “green” sources. Brown energy is sometimes used to contrast non-renewable or polluting energy sources with green energy.

Last week, T. Boone Pickens announced he was selling 667 Wind Turbines.

Due to the economy and drop in oil prices it’s just not economical to develop wind farms in the Texas panhandle. The wind energy market has lost a lot of it’s luster considering it can be much more expensive than traditional energy sources such as oil and with the price per barrel of oil dropping below $70 there’s just not as much interest putting together a wind energy project.

The economics of alternative energy will be the driving force of innovation and technology. As long as the prices stay low, there won’t be much advancement in the alternative energy sector, but as oil prices increase, you will see many more technologies and innovation coming from alternative energy sources.

The world has been running off of fossil fuels for over 100 years. The addiction we have to oil can be seen in our daily lives as we import millions of barrels of oil a year in the US with no end in site.

Are there any solutions to our ever growing dependence on foreign oil? Couldn’t we just drill more here? Is alternative energy the only solution?
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