Powering the future

Alternative sources of energy that are environment friendly are needed to maintain sustainable progress well into the future. Despite current environmental problems caused by fossil fuels, prospects are high for technologies providing new sources of energy. Sustainable development requires efficiency in energy use as well as sources that are beneficial to theenvironment. In this respect, the US needs to implement a new energy policy that would encourage increased energy output and the creation and marketing of new energy sources friendly to the environment.