This discussion details recent developments in the technology of renewable sources of energy, such as: solar ocean-thermal, tides, wind, geothermal and hydrogen. Options available to the United States in the transition from non-renewable to renewable sources of energy are identified and prophecies for the future are offered. (BT)

Education is one of several approaches that will be employed in addressing the energy issue. It is not, however, the only vehicle for influencing change, and it will have to be linked in a complementary fashion to technological, economic, and regulatory approaches. (LRA)