College campuses have long been recognized as vehicles for social and political change in our nation. As the public debates global climate change, the looming energy crisis and war in the Middle East, scores of campuses across the nation are taking a stand by buying wind energy.
Wind is a rapidly improving technology that can and should be part of our national energy portfolio. It’s clean, renewable and home grown, but it still costs more to buy than coal, oil or gas. However, increased demand for wind energy leads to more wind farms, more investment in wind technology and cheaper wind.
College students across the nation
are taking a stand by paying a couple extra dollars each year for wind energy. You can too. It would cost less than one dollar per student per year to power the EMU with 100 percent wind energy. This week you can show your support for wind energy at the University by voting yes on Ballot Measure 21.
Megan Edgar, Steve Mital and
Yoko Silk live in Eugene