Viable Energy Now
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Alternative energy is the current favorite buzzword among politicians and others, but we don’t have a supportable and sustainable infrastructure to support it. Our political and economic systems are also too much in turmoil to be able to handle the changes needed. Yes, we need to wean ourselves off of our dependency on oil, but it will take time. We need a viable interim solution, and that is what “Viable Energy Now: When Energy, Economics, and Politics Converge” is all about. It looks at the intersection of politics and economics as it pertains to energy. It offers that all important viable alternative-clean burning synthetic fuels made from coal. It helps us understand the political and economic changes needed to make this transition to alternative fuels possible. In short, Viable Energy Now offers a set of realistic policies for us to meet the energy challenge of today and in the future. Carefully written and impeccably argued, it may just renew your outlook on politics and our ability to do something about it!
About the Author
Jacek Popiel was born in Poland and educated in Africa, Canada, and the United States. After college he worked as a teacher in the newly independent Republic of the Congo before joining the Belgian armed forces.
On the strength of an analytical paper written in Officer’s School, Popiel was hired by the US Army as a consultant and spent two years in the US working in strategic analysis and planning. In the course of this assignment he met Joanna, a US Peace Corps volunteer. They were married two years later, and now have four grown children and reside in Colorado Springs.
After leaving the service Jacek started a business career and worked for a succession of US and European companies, specializing in international business development. He has traveled extensively, doing business in the Soviet Union, Eastern and Western Europe, North America, and Japan. His last position involved advanced automotive technology and led to extensive contacts with world-class automotive and engineering companies, as well as the US Departments of Energy and Defense.
Jacek speaks five languages and has been a US citizen since 1989. The book, Viable Energy Now, has grown out of his military and international business experience as well as his professional involvement with energy issues.
Jacek has dozens of articles all over the web.
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