How can we decide what energy source is best?
What criteria should we use? What do we value? What factors make a difference?

• Climate, Landscape and site conditions:  social/health/natural features
• Externalities:  Jobs created/potential; Labor/Time Savings; Return on your Investment; adverse Environmental Effects; cleanliness
• Well-to-wheel efficiency; Cost,%
• Pollution:  Byproducts/exhaust
• Savings: cost, return on investment; On Sale? – Cost/Savings; Industry Investment vs. Efficiency
• Efficiency options, focus first on improving use of energy we have; Potential Yield; The less wasteful option; Functional/Application
• Diversity and Flexibility; Availability: reduce potential for using up the resource; Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
• Quality of Product
• Access to Information/Education