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Welcome to
comfort you can feel
but never have to
think about.
Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing you
never have to worry about your home’s heating and
cooling products. So kick back and relax. As long as
you’re comfortable, we’ve done our job.
Seizing America’s
Renewable Energy Future
BY MARTIN O’MALLEY By 2030, renewable energy— primarily solar, wind, and
hydro — will be the world’s primary power source.
LIMATE CHANGE IS THE greatest business Smart money and smart people will invest where the future
opportunity to come to the United States in a is going.
hundred years. Others will cling to the declining profits of a fading past.
It is a global opportunity combining the Two large questions remain.
breadth of the Industrial Revolution with the As human beings — can we make the transition to 100%
C speed of the Information Age. renewable energy happen quickly enough to avoid planetary
The last five years have brought a fundamental change in the disaster with all of the human suffering that comes with it?
trajectory of renewable energy development and clean technol- And as Americans — can we seize the opportquestion this
ogy advances. historic transition for as much of the job creation and economic
The energy world is changing fast. benefits as possible?
These trends are larger and more powerful than any single The answer to both questions is an emphatic, yes.
election outcome — even in a powerful country like ours. The variable is understanding among and between us as a
We can now foresee the future. people. Understanding made manifest both in new technology
And it is a future of renewable energy. Greater prosperity. and in new energy policies.
Greater health and well-being for humanity the world over. Our destination is clear.
Experience invisible comfort at boschheatingandcooling.com The winning fuels of this new energy future have already We must now determine the speed at which we get there.
been determined. And those fuels are renewables. Let me show you the road ahead. GB
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