As we mark the 40th year of Earth Day, we are faced with making some of the most important decisions regarding our energy future.  This is an issue that will intensify as the population of the world grows by 37% over the next 40 years.

Everyone of us must engage Congress to act on an energy policy and strategy that includes the following:

• Encouraging the implementation of clean energy generation by offering incentives for renewable energy technologies like solar and wind.
• Focus on the clean energy economy to create jobs that can not be exported.
• Bring about awareness and knowledge of a clean energy model into our educational system by providing incentives for school districts to install renewable energy generation technologies. This will educate our next generation of energy and environmental stewards while reducing their cost of energy (school districts sure need economic help these days) and their carbon footprint.

Tonight on CNBC at 7:00 PM (Central Time) a show will air titled: Beyond The Barrel. The Race To Fuel The Future hosted by Carl Quintanilla – should be interesting as Carl explores how to address the world’s increasing energy demands.

Also tonight, on MSNBC at 10:00 PM (Central Time) a show will air titled: Future Earth: Addicted To Power.

We’ll be watching, will you? We all need to begin addressing the energy issue for us now, our children and grandchildren.