India is a large country blessed with several resources. It has also been blessed with some amazing natural gifts such as the Himalayas and the large coastline stretching some 7500 Kms. It has several rivers that provide with water to most of the country. What all of this provides is also ample opportunity to exploit these resources for the purpose of generating energy.
India is poised at a point where double digit growth would be easily facilitated if only the energy needs of the country could be taken care of. We are energy dependent and therefore this growth is not facilitated at present. I have no doubts in my mind that the idea that I am pushing here is not one that can be easily achieved; but instead of spending crores of the people's tax money on figuring out whether to sign a treaty with a third party (again!) for securing the future energy needs, we need to look at securing it on our own.
Can't we as Indians make a decision to push the envelopes of technology to the limit develop new and more eco-friendly ways of harvesting the bounty of resources that this country is blessed with? Is renewable sources of energy not the future of energy?
The world of automobile manufacturers had said that a car with a price tag of $2500 was not possible. Tata, an Indian company made it happen. Why are there no visionaries in the field of energy who would pursue the possibility of making India energy-independent. It would be India for now, but tomorrow the world will be their playing ground.
There is a pressing need for India to push the next wave of technological breakthoughs. Companies such as Suzlon have become industry leaders in wind energy, but have not really put together proposals for wind farms, that can cater to an entire state perhaps; they continue to look abroad for business. Similarly, though there are several players in the solar energy field none at all have the vision of setting up solar fields to cater to the large population of India (Sun is available 300 days of the year is this part of the world).
I do not understand when they are capable of bringing in billion dollar investment for buying others comapnies; why is it that they cannot make similar investments for setting up power plants that shall cater to the needs of this country; which will not be a bad business proposition, by the way!
It is a black day in India when we laud the shifting of dependance for energy from the middle east to US. We should be looking at ways to make ourselves energy independent. I am waiting for an Indian visionary to take the lead towards making this a reality.
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