Alternative energy thinking.(prices going high, energy shortages)(Editorial)

The physicist Albert Einstein once said, "The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." That trenchant observation is extraordinarily relevant to our present day world energy "crisis."

Our usual experience with crises is more often the variety that's intense but relatively fleeting, such as the long-forgotten Cuban Missile "crisis." But, the energy crisis has become such a routine fact of life, we don't even call it a crisis anymore.

Face it, higher energy prices are here to stay.

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