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While the American economy continues on its unstable path, it will continue to affect the world economy too. One way that the United States can improve their stability is through the development of clean and renewable energy sources that will diminish the need for foreign oil and create more jobs on American soil. This process will also improve the environment, which benefits everyone. Ironically, much of the enegy for future development was conceived of many years ago and has only recently gone into expedited processes.

Solar technology has been on the minds and tongues of many people for a long time. Laboratories can make solar cells that capture solar power and transform it into electricity.

Recent developments from UC-Berkley, however, suggest that it is possible to engineer tobacco plants to create solar cells by using a virus to mutate the plants so that they will generate synthetic solar cells. A great deal of this is still theoretical, but early indications are positive. While other forms of solar cell production like self-assembling cells, for instance are also being theorized, this one seems to be the most rational at the time.

Wind power has been an available technology for many years and is still in continuous use around the world, most prominently in the recognizable form of windmills. In fact, wind turbines are the leading alternative energy source on the market right now. One of the newest designs is modeled after jet engines, taking advantage of the way they use intake and exhaust.

During World War II, Europe began manufacturing cars that could run on wood, or more specifically wood gas. While this improved fuel efficiency, they were extremely impractical, but with advancements in micro-technology it could be quite possible for an innovative company to learn from this past idea and improve on it.