Let’s do more for a renewable Kent

Is Kent doing its part to help use clean energy on the small scale?

As the world is changing in the 21st century, as a whole we need to find ways to use renewable energy to help save our planet for the future and reduce environmental impacts.

As currently it is one of hottest topics being debated in the U.S. climate change and clean energy is not problem that is going to go away soon. Many think it is national governments job to regulate the use of harmful energy sources and promote clean energy. I think of this from the other side and believe the cities and counties duty to help save this planet on the small scale. I believe if each city or county do their part, it will greatly help this planet and leave it inhabitable for many generations to come.

As many cities strive for 100 percent renewable energy use, there is a lot Kent can learn from these cities to put towards its own goal of 100 percent renewable energy. There is the traditional ways of creating clean energy that Kent can adapt like solar power and wind energy from wind turbine.

There are, however, many more ways a city like Kent can create clean energy. Kent could take advantage of hydroelectric power or geothermal energy that is energy from the heat inside of the Earth. Also there is now technology that can collect energy from the roadways, every time a car drives over these sections of the road energy is collected.

These are some of the many ways that Kent can strive toward a 100 percent renewable energy goal. This is a problem that is not going to go away. By doing nothing, we are just making it worse. Let’s attempt to make Kent the model for renewable energy and help do our part in saving the planet for future generations.

– Anthony Raftis