Quality of Life

I wanted this blog site to be dedicated to improving my quality of life. Not having more money and things, but doing things smarter, healthier and 'greener'. I put greener in the quotes because this is an expression that has gotten a lot of use lately, but it is an idea that humans need to embrace and work towards.
The Earth has a limited amount of resources and we are using them up amazingly fast. If we all continue on as we have for the last one hundred years then we are doomed. Right now, our biggest problem is our reliance upon petroleum products. Not just oil for use in transportation, but almost everything we have and use now-a-days is petroleum based. We need to change our way of thinking, and this is going to be a big pain in the butt. However, it is easier than the alternative, (famine/drought/global warming). There are plenty of web-sites out there geared towards living green suggestions, so go find one and follow instructions. What I think would be a HUGE step is to come up with a renewable energy source that is viable. There are already some out there;
* SOLAR - Only works if the Sun is shining. So Portland, OR and Seattle WA have to come up with something else 8 months out of the year.

* HYDRO - Great option is places with plenty of water, but if that drought problem gets any worse...

* WIND - Obviously works in a place that is windy, so not every place is going to be able to utilize this.

Right now these three options are not in action in more places because it is not cost-effective. That problem is going to change in the next few years, as resources become more scarce. I have by no means listed the only three renewable energy resources, and each of these three have many different variations.
I have in the back of my mind that some garage inventor is going to come up with some idea that society is going to benefit from immensely. I hope he or she does that soon, we are running out of time.