Clean Energy Race

My senior project is really based around the question "How can society keep up with the growing world of technology?"  My research question is "What is the United States' position in the global technology race and how can today's youth be prepared to help boost our position in the near future?"  Since my research paper is due November first, it just might be time to get on the researching of this question.

I decided to look at the clean energy race and got some interesting information.  Although America has been leading in this race for quite some time, China is quickly catching up, and has the potential to surpass us in the near future.  China has declared itself the leader of clean energy in the world.  It put laws on the coal plants that state they install technology that will prevent sulfur dioxide from going into the atmosphere.  China has taken other measures to make sure they remain ahead in the race, making other countries look to them for help.  Now this is taking money away from the U.S, putting us even more in debt.  The U.S. is trying very hard to keep up, but judging by the rate of acceleration in China, they will soon surpass us. 

Despite the economic deficit we are facing, new jobs are also being made.  Chinese companies are coming to the US, supplying jobs for our citizens.  The real reason the US is falling behind is because we have not made it as far by means of clean energy.  We need to step our research up in order to keep up with the rest of the world.

Information from: http://washingtonindependent.com/100503/in-clean-energy-race-with-china-both-countries-come-out-ahead