Sign the Wind Energy Petition

• unlimited.
 As long as the sun shines, let there be wind!
• clean.
 The transition to wind power will improve air quality by reducing smog, haze, and ground-level ozone. Also, the atmosphere will be spared millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that lead to severe global climate change. A wind energy purchase ensures that the energy in the electric grid is composed of a greater percentage of clean sustainable wind energy.
• healthy.
 A wind turbine does not emit harmful particulates into the air we breathe. Wind power decreases our vulnerability to respiratory and pulmonary problems, heart and lung disease, and cancer.
• save.
 Nuclear power yields extremely biohazardous byproducts. Should we bury this waste in a mountain on a fault line? Sink it to the bottom of an ocean trench? Send it to space? Mix it into commercial grade cement? These are just some of the unreal solutions to a very real problem: Radioactive waste cannot be disposed safely. Furthermore, this waste can be enriched to produce powerful weapons with relatively modest equipment.
• economically competitive.
 A college wind purchase is a solid investment into an emerging, lucrative new industry - clean energy. It will allow for the development of better wind turbine technologies that decrease production costs.
• local.
 Studies show that the construction and maintenance of wind energy generates more jobs and revenue for local communities than dirty energy.
• domestic.
 It reduces our dependence on foreign oil and eases pressure to drill off coastal waters and pristine Arctic wilderness. Our insatiable thirst for oil and our hunger for other fossil fuels dictate much of our foreign and domestic policy. However, only the demand from consumers can be held accountable for influencing our leaders to make unwise decisions.
• responsible.
 What better way can Lafayette demonstrate its environmental stewardship and its role as a responsible institution than to purchase wind energy? Wind energy will attract prospective students and faculty who value progressive leadership. Along the eastern seaboard, 47 colleges, 34 of which reside in Pennsylvania, have made wind energy purchases. If Lafayette wishes to compete at the appropriate caliber, it too must become a leader.
• cool.
 More than fifty of the nation’s most elite and prestigious universities, like Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth and UPenn, are supporting socially responsible energy choices.
• sustainable.
 For the above reasons and more, wind power is a necessary step to achieve a cleaner, healthier world for our children to inherit.

Please sign this petition only once. If we are to make an impact on Lafayette College and on the world, we need to maintain the highest standard of integrity and credibility in the way we do things. Double-signing the petition, signing for someone else, signing under a false name, or any other form of fraudulent signature undermines the goal we are trying to achieve.

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