Energy Research Dollars Visualized

How Important is Alternative Energy Research? Well Home. Government spending on alternative energy is quite small compared to the amount of money Americans spend on a variety of non-essential products and services. Consider this juxtaposition. What if even a small portion of our spending on the below were instead invested in our energy future? 500 400 300 200 100 50 25 10 Total: $0.710 Billion 500 400 300 200 100 50 25 10 500 Source 400 1. http://www.americanhealthandbeauty.com/ articles/?Article=1352 2. http://www.lookingfit.com/articles/0791feat1.html 3. http://www.coffeeresearch.org/market/usa.htm 4. http://www.prlog.org/10359252-market-report- global-weight-loss-and-diet- management-market-by-marketsandmarkets.html 5. http://www.elottery.com/markets.html 6. http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/10/news/ companies/bank_overdraft_fees_Moebs/index.htm 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_industry 8. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/ features-message-in-a-bottle.html 9. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/ psychic-reveals-tricks-trade/story?id=10590096 300 200 100 50 25 10 $0.075 Billion Wind $0.32 Billion Solar $0.03 Billion Hydropower Hydrogen $0.05 Billion $2 billion a year Geothermal Psychic/Fortune Telling Industry $0,235 Billion ) Biomass/Biofuel $15 Billion in 2009 Bottled Water Improve the weather inside.