What If Energy Were Free?
Let's play "what if" for a minute.
What if there was a way to get free energy to your home or business in such a way that no carbon footprint was created? Just what if it were possible to eliminate, as quickly as appropriate, all use of fossil fuels and nuclear energy and furnish power for every home and village on the planet with zero impact on the planet?
Just play along for a minute. What would happen? Could such a technology actually disrupt the $20 trillion energy business with a technology suite that nobody could put a meter on? Would the existing energy infrastructure, on the brink of collapse, find a way to prevent this from happening? Should the inventor(s) of this brilliant new theoretical energy source be allowed to bring his product to market? Or is the worldwide socio-economic impact of such a plan so disruptive that it ought not be allowed to see the light of day regardless of its potentially world-changing impact?
If Dr. Stephen Greer has his way, we may face that decision within the next 18 months. Greer, who is (in)famous for having brought the glare of publicity to bear on the UFO question by means of his highly successful Disclosure Project over the past few years, has just launched a new effort called The Orion Project. His goal is nothing less than to "inform, educate, and help supply all peoples of our planet with sustainable, non-polluting power."
Without going into details -- I encourage you to visit the Web site to read as much as you like -- Dr. Greer's first effort is to raise $3 million to put the first phase of this effort into place. He doesn't see this happening through the usual high-profile investment sources because they're all tied into the group he calls the "petro-elite." He's asking ordinary people to donate $30 or more to his 501c(3) non-profit foundation to fund this first research.
I don't know if any or all of what he says makes any sense. But I like his approach. I like his attitude. And I like his cause. $3 million is nothing. I'd like to see him have that chance. How about you?
