Brittle Power- PARTS 1-3 (+Notes) - Natural Capitalism Solutions

292National Energy Securityopportunity, before commitments of resources in less promising directionshave foreclosed it. For it will not remain available indefinitely. Our nation’stransition to a sustainable energy system must be bridged by the use—the wise,sparing, and brief use—of the fossil fuels with which America still is blessed.Once those fuels have been burned, there is no more bridge. The opportunityto invest the remaining reserves of fuels—and the money and material assetsderived from them—in building a secure, lasting energy future only comesonce. That opportunity must be seized before its slips away forever.