Go green baby!!!

I have long been a supporter of helping the enviornment and doing my part to “go green.” I do my best not to waste resources and only use what I really need. I ride my bike religiously during the summer, trying to use my car less. My car does indeed get quality gas mileage and isn’t one of those big ass, gas guzzling, monstrosities, with wheels taller then me, and serve no purpose in society. Hummer H2? C’mon, those things are pointless. I have NEVER seen one of those things with a spec of dirt on them. Can’t get all that chrome dirty now can they? I work in an industry and supports the whole “go green” aspect. Each day however, I find it harder and harder to continue my ways. I feel that people in this country just don’t give a shit. Sure there are strong advocets of this movement. Has anyone heard of Al Gore? However, I feel that the general population could care less. It still boggles my mind that these people critizize the effects that we really play on global warming. The answer seems so simple. Wether or not we are contributing to global warming, the Earth is indeed changing regardless of Global Warming, and we need to take action. Consuming resources at a pace the planet cannot keep up with, polluting the atmosphere on a daily basis, destroying other culture’s way of life. The U.S. has got to be the top contributor to all three of these problems.
We consume more then any other country. Everything is in excess. Too many food joints, stores for miles. Think of all the products that are in retail stores JUST in the Twin Cities. Food, clothing, cars, bicycles, everyday household items. You could get anything you want delivered to you the next day if you wanted. Think of the constant stream of delivery trucks that roam our freeways with goods. Non-stop I’m sure, delivering goods on a daily basis. Just too much.
What about pollution? While I think China is the biggest contributor to that, we are right behind them. Why don’t we have laws to limit the amount of CO2 companies and send into the atmosphere? Because it will hurt the economy? Bullshit. A sad excuse for CEO’s to avoid the problem. What if the government were to help those companies with the cost to transform their current process to a cleaner solution? Get the hell outta Iraq and use the money for a better purpose. I stated this a couple posts ago, but I’m going to repeat myself. The Iraq war is a war were were told was to stop terrorism. We were told what we wanted to hear. False, its about OIL, and taking control of the biggest cash crop in human history.
Corporate America is constantly taking advantage of other nation’s resources. Why? So they can make millions, the American public gets what it demands, and everyone is happy right? Wrong. Think of all those places, and people around the world that have suffered severely so we can be happy. The books that John Perkins have written really open the worlds eyes to the American Empire. His books “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”, and “The Secret History of the American Empire:Economic Hit men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption” emphasize how Corporate America makes all its moeny. I must say, its sickening. Its no wonder people in the Middle East, Asia, and South America loathe Americans.
The sad reality is, we have become accustomed to our way of life. Spoiled? In some aspects yes. Will the leaders of our country realize these effects we play and change the way we go about our lives? I have doubts about that. Doubts about not seeing changes in our lifetime, and that by the time those changes are made its going to be too late. All this talk of things that will be the end of the human race. All the natural disasters, the end of the Mayan Calendar, asteriods, magnetic shifts of the poles, radiation from the Sun, Ozone layer, etc. . I think the downfall of the human race with be the human race. Too many of us take life for granted. So who’s going to step up to the plate?

daily quote – “The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we’re contributing to the warming of the earth’s atmosphere and how much is naturally occurring, but what we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return. And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels and chart a new course on energy in this country, we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe.” -Barack Obama

 

We have the tools to fix this

Fear. I’ve written about this before. I talked about the current issues that we as a civilization are encountering. There’s Global Warming, the War on Terror, the overuse of natural resources. I saw a commercial with a man speaking about this. He went on to say something along the lines of “all we hear are people talking, but nobody acting”. I think a lot of people take the easy way out and point fingers instead of taking action. There’s too much bickering in this world. We need to set aside our differences on a lot of subjects otherwise I believe we’re headed down a road nobody wants to see the end of.
I am a firm believer of Global Warming. I watched “An Inconvenient Truth” and was totally convinced. I’ve recently read that some people state that the facts or “facts” Al Gore speaks of are incorrect. I think a lot of people don’t realize that Mr. Gore has been an advocate of Global Warming since the mid-80’s. I’d like to think he has done his homework on this matter. The skeptics will say “the earth goes through natural cycles like these all the time”. While this is true, from all the data that has been accumulated throughout Earth’s storied history we have never seen spikes like the ones we are encountering. And all that data predicts things will get much worse. The Ice Caps are melting at a staggering rate. It seems as if we see a new article every month about how scientists are flabbergasted once again at the increased rate of melting they see. Cities are seeing high temps in places never thought of. Weather patterns unheard of. While we may not be able to stop this process we can do things that can help slow it down. In the U.S. all the skeptics I hear talk always link our Economy into the mix. They fear if we do cut back on emissions certain companies will falter and collapse. I think that is total bullshit and just shows how the Corporatocracy and the Government work with each other. Too many people thinking of themselves and their own well being.
The biggest natural resource we as a race have discovered is OIL. Hands down, the #1 cash crop for every country. Its something that we as a race depend on. Our daily lives depend on this black goop. The only reason President Bush invaded Iraq was to secure oil. They used Terrorism as a reason to invade Iraq. Next to Venezuela the Middle East is our primary source for oil. All the people that have sacrificed their lives in Iraq was, sadly, for oil. The War on Terror is just a cover up title. While I do believe there is a war on terror, it wasn’t in Iraq. Did we ever find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? No. Saddam Hussein was a terrible dictator who ruined people’s lives, but we entered Iraq under false pretenses. We suffered tragic losses, as did all the civilians in Iraq.
I think the last time I had written about this topic I had read somewhere that at the rate we as a human race consume natural resources we would need two planets worth by the year 2050. Those thoughts still race through me head. We in the U.S. seem to use up the most. All these commercials for so many different products. Do we really need 50 different types of shampoo to choose from at the store? Does every fast food joint in this country need to stay open 24 hours? Biggie Size? Everything seems to be in excess. I try to live my life in moderation. More so nowadays then in past years. Part of that is growing older and wiser, part of it is the crisis I think we will be facing here soon. Atlanta, a city of 5.4 million people may be out of fresh water in just 3 months. A severe drought is running the city dry. The shortage of seafood. Overfishing is becoming a big problem. Its not right to hear predictions of a total loss of seafood if we don’t slow down.
What kind of world our we going to be leaving future generations? At this rate, there won’t be much of one left. If I am to ever have kids, and they to have kids themselves, I would hope that this world is a better place for them. We live in a critical time. Our generation has many issues to tackle. Some of the biggest ones we have yet to face. Many of which are on a Global Scale. These decisions we face not only effect those close to you and I, but to people all over this planet. I fear if we don’t act soon, there may not be much of a world our future generations will get to enjoy.

 

“Its then end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine” Wait. No I don’t. HELP!!!

Fear……..We all know what it means. I have had this growing sense of fear over the past couple months and it doesn’t seem to be going away. We all know about global warming and the way it is affecting our way of life and future. If we(by we I mean the human race) keep consuming at the rate we are now, by the year 2050 we will need so many resources that Earth will not be able to provide them. By the year 2050 the Ocean might be completely out of the marine life we love to enjoy. By that year, the polar ice caps may have melted so much that the ocean’s could rise 40-50 feet. That may not seem like much, but think of how far inland cities are AT sea level. Species are becoming extinct at a staggering rate. The Alps haven’t had this warm of a winter in 1300 YEARS!!!! The list goes on and on. The sad part is, we are not doing enough to stop it, or at least slow it down. Yes we are doing some things. The Kyoto Protocol is a good step. The U.S. turned it down because they said it would be an “impact against the economy”. However, most States have joined in on this at their own will. But its not enough. Instead we opt to fight over stupid and meaningless shit for years and years. Point fingers at who is to blame. Its almost like people are doing everything they can to say they are not a part of this, or to blame. Listent to this. Last week the Supreme Court had a hearing over global warming. A justice by the name of Scalia was quoted “I told you before, I’m not a scientist. That’s why I don’t want to have to deal with global warming, to tell you the truth.” This was followed by laughter. Laughter…What the hell? Its not speculation or theroies anymore. They are cold hard facts, and they wanna shrug it off. I think the problem is the whole fuggin’ government is run my fossils that don’t care other then getting their paycheck and avoiding the hard issues. Its a damn shame. Maybe I need to get into the game. Shake things up a bit. Who knows. But something has to be done in a quick way. The sad reality is, at the rate we are going, there will be NO earth to inhabit for our future generations. The human race will slowly die out. Die away from our own neglect. Extinction of Dinosaurs? How about the Human race.

weekly quote – “The warnings about global warming have
been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate
crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.” former Vice President Al Gore