Olympic Energy Systems a system development firm based on the North Olympic Peninsula. Our company provides expertise and support as an advocate, architect, and consultant to clients considering or adopting renewable energy systems - solar electric, solar hot water, wind power, hydro power, and other systems.We need a viable alternative to driving
"Polls show that the vast majority of Americans want to live in communities that are more walkable and livable, where every trip out the door does not require a trip in a car. But getting there has been politically difficult. Whether you care more about climate change, or just wish we'd fix our transportation system, the stars are aligning for a transportation shift, but only if the grassroots make it politically possible."
Ready for your hydrogen-powered personal transport system jet pack?
Now that cheap oil is so 20th century, and global warming looms over the 21st, even General Motors has shuttered its SUV factories and is betting the company on the Volt, its next-generation hybrid electric. Ready for "The Jetsons"? Before you buckle in, consider this: The most important transportation shift may be not in how we power our vehicles, but in designing communities so we use our vehicles less.
Polls show that the vast majority of Americans want to live in communities that are more walkable and livable, where every trip out the door does not require a trip in a car. But getting there has been politically difficult. Whether you care more about climate change, or just wish we'd fix our transportation system, the stars are aligning for a transportation shift, but only if the grassroots make it politically possible.
