The first thing that stood out to me about Nathan Lewis' presentation was his public speaking skills and how effortlessly he was able to get direct, important messages across. He definitely showed his knowledge and I gained the impression that he is sincere and doing these presentations for the benefit of the environment. I think his goal is to spread awareness and knowledge, and bring change on the legislative level. A lot of the points he brought up prompted me to think about alternative energy in a different way, because he seemed to bring up the facts that people may try to hide from the public. One thing that I had never thought about was that we cannot fix an energy crisis without using energy. This made me think of our dependence on energy and all the different ways our issues may have to be addressed. It made me think that things may get worse before they get better because we will have to slowly ease off the methods that give us our energy.
My favorite part of his presentation was during the last portion when he discussed solar energy. From what I've learned about solar energy over the years, I think that we should utilize as much solar power as we can, while being economical and realistic. I liked Lewis' presentation because he gave an overview of what it would mean to use different alternative forms of energy and what it would take to replace our current sources with them. After hearing the information he had, my previous thoughts were reinforced and I think that we should increase the use of all alternative forms of energy and have a strong combination. I don't think that dependency on a single form is sustainable, but a balanced combination would help us ease off fossil fuel dependency.
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