In mid-July, the department's Mineral Management Services, which controls the mineral rights on federal lands, asserted its jurisdiction over renewable energy projects--wind, wave, solar and tidal energy--on federal waters in the Outer Continental Shelf.

FORBES: Alternatives

Wind, wave, tidal, and solar energies tossed us about like toys for a week, wreaking havoc and laying low our homes, roads, communications, power sources, and commerce.

FORBES: Hurricanes Drive Home Appeal Of Alternative Energy Sources

And the cost curve of the collection technology solar panels, small and large wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps, small hydro, tidal and wave technology, biomass converters is following the same cost curve dynamics as when we went from centralized mainframe computers to desktop computers and from centralized telephone communication to distributed cell phone networks.

FORBES: Jeremy Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution