20/20 by 2020 is a political movement.

The revolution starts now.

The goal is simple.

Let's convert to more renewable energy sources so that by the year 2020, 20% of the world's energy demands are met by wind power, and 20% by solar power.

The eventual goal is to get as close as possible to 100% renewable energy by 2100. Admittedly a specious goal, because of the debate over "100%" and "renewable." There will be other forms of energy in the mix of requirements necessary to support our ecological and economic demands. Energy is always lost in power utility; you cannot truly renew energy without some admission of loss or entropy in the system any more than you can believe in a perpetual motion machine. There are also likely times when renewable power systems are inappropriate. Renewable energy is not "free," and such systems, no matter how "green" they seem, do have environmental impact. We need to be sober-minded and admit the costs and limitations of these means of power production, even while touting and championing their success. It is simply truthful to admit that these systems have less impact on the world in terms of consummable fuel utility for the production of power than other comparable energy systems.

If we cannot get to 20/20 by 2020, we should get as close as possible.

If we can achieve some significant measure towards this goal, the world will be in a significantly better state, ecologically and economically.

If we cannot do this for the whole world, then let's set this as a goal for each nation.

If we cannot do this for a whole nation, then let us set this as a goal for our region, our state, our county, our municipality, home or business.

If we work well together, we will make progress, friends, and fortunes developing this new power utility sector.

If we work towards this as a strategic goal as a species, eager for well-being and survival, then we will succeed.

If we build it, it will hum.

20/20 is not a government-funded project. Nor is it funded by a power company. It was simply an emergent meme whose time had come. An idea that I came up with thinking about the present revolution in the energy sector. Who am I? I'm Peter Corless. A contientious and concerned citizen of the world.

Moving to 20/20 by 2020 would be one of the world's great macroengineering projects, in line with the Great Pyramids of Egypt or the Great Wall of China. Yet it would be a project with a much clearer Return on Investment (ROI) for the investors and inhabitants of the world.

If you personally are a backer of other energy technologies, whether petrochemical, nuclear, hydroelectric or tidal, geothermal or biomass, you know that the answer is "yes!" Like Captain Kirk on the Enterprise, the captains of Spaceship Earth are saying, "Scotty, we need more power!" We cannot leave aside a single joule, watt, and certainly we cannot ignore the source of more quads (quadrillions of BTUs) necessary to sustain our growing world population.

As a final note, I'd like to dedicate this project to Thomas Dolby (Thomas Robertson), who, back on the Golden Age of Wireless, wrote the project's unofficial theme song Wind Power. (Thomas, if you come across this, please let me know if you would bless the notion, and we'll make it official.)

Onwards to our future!

-Peter Corless.