Petition
Four Principles of World Energy Independence
Principle One:
Fair Play and Competition in Energy Markets
Create fair competition that attracts investment in renewable energy development and commercialization. Adopt energy policies that provide subsidies, policy advantages, tax breaks, and other benefits for renewable energy that at least equal those available to depletable fossil and nuclear energy. Provide anti-trust and technology protection for scientists, engineers, inventors and entrepreneurs engaged in renewable energy development.
Principle Two:
Make Transition to Renewable Energy a Strategic Objective of Energy Policy
Focus energy policies on conserving and replacing depletable energy. Prioritize this policy for conserving and replacing fuel in existing gasoline and diesel engines because these existing engines consume over 70% of world oil. Designate clean burning hydrogen fuel made from renewable energy as the preferred replacement for gasoline and diesel oil. Focus new and expanded electric power generation on distributed heat and power facilities designed to conserve fuel and use renewable energy with a preference for clean burning, renewable, hydrogen fuel.
Principle Three:
Accelerate Construction of Sustainable Energy Infrastructure
Require all highway improvements funded by fuel taxes to include infrastructure development that facilitates convenient distribution of renewable fuels. Provide generous incentives to induce investment in commercialization of technologies that accelerate transition from depletable to renewable fuels with a preference for renewable hydrogen fuel.
Principle Four:
Provide for Peace and Prosperity
To overcome conflicts over remaining oil resources, establish international policy for replacing oil faster than "Peak Oil" can limit oil supplies. Develop a United Nations treaty to allocate future oil consumption and maintain world prosperity. Allocate oil based on each nation's record of replacing depletable energy with renewable energy, efficiency improvements, greenhouse gas reductions, and its past oil consumption.[Click here to support Declaration]
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