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8 Earth Jurisprudence & Envtl. Just. J. 24 (2018)
From Land or from Air: Why a Unified Energy Resource Scheme Is Necessary When the Answer Is Both

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   FROM LAND OR FROM AIR: WHY A UNIFIED
   ENERGY RESOURCE SCHEME IS NECESSARY
             WHEN THE ANSWER IS BOTH

                         J. Brent Marshall*

                         I.  INTRODUCTION

     The clear majority of energy consumption worldwide comes  from
petroleum, natural gas, coal, solar, wind, and hydroelectric sources.'
Renewable  sources - like wind and solar - are projected to more than
double  in the  next quarter century  worldwide,  while natural gas
simultaneously climbs towards being the most consumed source.2 These
two categories will account for most of the worldwide energy production
if projections hold.3 In the United States, wind power alone accounts for
5.6%  of energy production.' This marks a 400%  increase in 9 years.
Some  commentators  have claimed that success of renewable energy rests
on the increase of wind power.6 The economics of solar power are not as
promising - as it retains its long-term position as emerging technology -
but the positive effects on climate change and the steady decline of prices
for solar photovoltaic panels are driving a surge of solar power production




* J.D. Candidate 2018, Florida State University College of Law. I would like to thank
Rachel Lopez for assistance editing and preparing this article.
    I U.S. ENERGY  INFORMATION  ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
OUTLOOK 2017 20-21 (2017).
    2 Id.
    3 See Id.
    4 Frequently Asked Questions, U.S. Energy Information Administration,
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 (last visited Nov. 6, 2017).
    5 K.K. Duvivier & Roderick E. Wetsel, Jousting at Windmills: When Wind Power
Development Collides with Oil, Gas, and Mineral Development, 55 ROCKY MOUNTAIN
MINERAL L. INSTITUTE 9-1, 9-2 (2009) (citing Energy Information Administration,
Electric     Power       Monthly,      Table      Es1.B      (2008)),
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/archive/xls/epmO3O8.zip) (showing that wind
power accounted for 1% of power production in 2007).
    6  Id.


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