The Renewables Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Gil Scott-Heron’s 1970 classic poem about race relations could just as easily be about the renewable energy revolution that is now well underway.

To be sure, there have been some recent moments when the media turned its focus on energy. Like when President Bush proclaimed that we are “addicted to oil.”


Or like this week, with a slew of energy legislation making its way to the floor of Congress. Among the bills are some important ones that would set higher gas mileage standards for vehicles and establish a federal renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for generating of renewable energy. Some of them may even be voted on today.

But I resisted the urge to write about them, and exhort you to call your Congressmen in support. Why?

Because the renewables revolution will not be televised.

Energy and Capital