Huge Tracks of Land

It was not until 2010 that the world really began to aggressively deal with its energy issues.

As it began to truly sink in that we were approaching an end to the "Age of Fossil Fuels" and moving into the beginning of the "Age of Renewables," individuals, groups, businesses and eventually governments, significantly ramped up their renewable energy planning.

Gazing over the acres and acres of shiny solar panels in the valley below, it was easy to see why it made sense to capture the energy that shines down upon this land. It was an added benefit that the landowners made the construction conditional on their ability to interplant shade-loving coffee between the long lines of sleek panels. Not a bad place for a renewable energy power plant.

It is just too bad we did not start all this a few years sooner...