| Many people nowadays are skeptics when it comes | | | | because people have jobs, they will re-spend their |
| to the topic of renewable energy resources. They | | | | money, thus ensuring the proper circulation of money |
| have many arguments against alternative energy | | | | within the local economic environment. The country |
| marketing. Indeed, these people's points are well | | | | who invested in renewable energy would also benefit |
| acceptable, but at the same time, debatable. | | | | from a more stable economy because they will be |
| However, these points serve to impede the further | | | | less reliant on other sources for unstably priced oil. |
| development and increase of alternative power | | | | Skeptics also fail to mention that there is an option |
| marketing. There are things that skeptics fail to | | | | to use more than just one resource. While in the |
| mention about sustainable energy solutions. | | | | world today people are becoming more aware that |
| One thing is that there are limited fossil fuel reserves. | | | | other energy sources such as natural gas, wind |
| Many skeptics will not say that currently there is only | | | | energy and the like are usable, skeptics advocate |
| enough oil to last the world 40 or 50 more years. | | | | that the most efficient resource is fossil fuel, which is |
| Renewable energy marketing is hampered by the | | | | why the world is more reliant on oil up until today. |
| somewhat widely accepted fact that fossil fuel | | | | Lastly and most importantly, skeptics argue that |
| energy will last longer, reducing the current need for | | | | investment in renewable energy is expensive thus it |
| investment and research in alternative energy | | | | is not worth it because current sustainable power |
| companies. | | | | resources are still relatively inefficient. Investment in |
| Another point is their arguments to justify their | | | | renewable power companies will allow the alternative |
| beliefs that sustainable power companies and | | | | energy solutions to become more efficient. Also, |
| renewable energy solutions are not as efficient or | | | | because the alternative energy resources are, in fact, |
| effective and would not cater to the current | | | | renewable, costs would not be recurring. In the long |
| demand. While this point is true, this is only another | | | | run, the total production cost of renewable energy |
| reason why people must invest in sustainable energy: | | | | will not be as expensive as compared to a |
| so that the alternative power companies may better | | | | nonsustainable energy resource, the production cost |
| the quality of the solutions they offer. | | | | of which increases as the resource becomes more |
| There is another very important point that the | | | | scarce. |
| renew ability skeptics hide from the public: that | | | | These points only prove that renewable energy |
| alternative energy solutions can help better the | | | | marketing is very important, not only for the |
| economy. If a country without oil reserves invests in | | | | environment but also for the global economy. Renew |
| sustainable energy, a labor-intensive industry, there is | | | | ability skeptics may have a lot of pull, but it is also |
| a possibility for millions of jobs to be created. There | | | | important to note that there are always two sides to |
| would be millions and millions of tax revenues. Also, | | | | one thing. |