Cheaper Solar Power Forces World’s Largest Coal Company to Close 37 Mines, China to Close 500 Coal Mines in 2017 Good news for Mother Earth: a recent economic forecast from Bloomberg predicts the United States’ coal power capacity will be about half of what it is now by the year 2040. Alternative solar solutions are replacing unsustainable harvesting and mining of non-renewable resources, which take thousands and sometimes millenniums of years to restore. My modeling nature's harmony, new innovations are not only cheaper, but win/win for people and planet. Plants harvest sunlight using solar energy to feed themselves from the air and water around them through photosynthesis. Scientists have developed an artificial leaf, using bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel . The sunlight splits water into hydrogen and oxygen, with a bacterium engineered to convert carbon dioxide plus hydrogen into the liquid fuel isopropanol. The Canary 'Is' the Cold Mine Countries like India and China, which are heavily invested in coal, are already converting to solar energy solutions. China plans to close at least 500 coal mines in 2017 . The Bloomberg report predicts, by the early 2020s that renewable energies are a far cheaper and more efficient route. India says renewables will generate 57 percent of the country’s power by 2027. Coal India, the largest coal mining company in the world has announced it will close 37 mines because they are no longer economically viable. Producing around 82 percent of India’s coal, the mines would be decommissioned by March 2018. At this rate, India could pull out of coal completely by 2050 , cites the Indian government. America is lagging behind this evolved economic future, with Trump's new plan to increase coal mine production . People don't want jobs that damage their health, or their children's planetary and environmental future. The Green Good News Alternative solar energy solutions have the math on their side of preserving earth. Over the next two decades, $10.2 trillion will be spent globally on new electricity plants. Of that total, Bloomberg ’s research group forecasts 72 percent will be invested in renewable energies . DIY Solar Panels

A natural way to maintain your green living spaces as a holistic, highly productive source of abundantly clean, organic, natural food and herbal medicine for your family and loved ones, with little maintenance. During World War II families turned over their grass yard in exchange for a garden, they were called 'Victory Gardens.' A permaculture food forest is similar, easier, naturally aesthetically pleasing as well as productive scalable food sources. Whether you have a large parcel of land, a small patch, balcony, or only indoor growing, they exist in urban rooftops, suburban back yards, and hundreds of homeland acreage. “A food forest is, as the name implies, a forest of food. The goal of this gardening and land management system is to mimic a woodland ecosystem with companion planting of edible trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals grown in a succession of layers. Fruit and nut trees are usually the canopy/overstory, while below is the understory of berry shrubs and edible ground plantings. Beneficial plants, or “companions,” are included to attract insects for natural pest management, as soil amenders providing nitrogen and mulch, or for other benefits. Working together, the plants form a forest garden ecosystem that functions long-term to increase water retention and infiltration, protect the soils from heavy rainfall events, establish windbreaks, increase soil fertility, expand wildlife habitat, and provide food, building and craft materials, medicines, and more.” ~ Permaculture Research Institute Home of Becky and Bill Wilson, co-founders Midwest Permaculture Combining edibles into a landscape increases biodiversity, air quality and increased value to land. Even integrating/accommodating wildlife or agriculture animals, naturally, are an option. Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design principles centered on simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems.

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