There is much ado about the election of our first black
president, but really, the color of his skin is meaningless
to me. It`s the color of his politics that are of concern,
meaning, "is he green?"
The gap between whites and blacks, hispanics, and other
minorities grows ever smaller in this country and a black
or hispanic president, and eventually a female president,
was inevitable. Fifty years ago it was an impossibility for a
catholic to be elected to the highest office!
Mr. Obama has already stated in his speeches that part
of his economic stimulus plan would include big renewable
energy projects and that is encouraging.
After eight years of an administration that was thoroughly
in bed with the oil industry and two centuries of plundering
the planet in the name of the industrial revolution, it is time
to reassess our goals and the future of our planet.
We have burned collossal amounts of non-renewable,
highly polluting fossil fuels in the past two hundred years,
and that energy has given us a dream lifestyle filled with
conveniences and gadgets, toys and transportation that
would have been pure science fiction when Fulton invented
the steam engine and started it all. Unfortunately, we are
now paying a huge price for all these conveniences in the
form of air, soil, and water pollution, as well as global
warming, which, if allowed to continue unchecked, will soon
make our planet a terrestrial hell.
Fossil fuels are the culprit, so what to do about our depend-
ence on them should be foremost in our minds.
Not if, but when the ice caps melt, sea levels will rise at
least thirty feet, inundating almost every coastal city and
town on earth. There is great concern that the influx of all
that fresh water will stop the flow of the gulf stream and
bring on the next ice age.
Are we going to give up all the modern conveniences made
possible by the burning of fossil fuels? Of course not! But
there are things that everyone can do to reduce the size of
their carbon footprint, cheaply, as well as save many thou-
sands of dollars in energy costs!
president, but really, the color of his skin is meaningless
to me. It`s the color of his politics that are of concern,
meaning, "is he green?"
The gap between whites and blacks, hispanics, and other
minorities grows ever smaller in this country and a black
or hispanic president, and eventually a female president,
was inevitable. Fifty years ago it was an impossibility for a
catholic to be elected to the highest office!
Mr. Obama has already stated in his speeches that part
of his economic stimulus plan would include big renewable
energy projects and that is encouraging.
After eight years of an administration that was thoroughly
in bed with the oil industry and two centuries of plundering
the planet in the name of the industrial revolution, it is time
to reassess our goals and the future of our planet.
We have burned collossal amounts of non-renewable,
highly polluting fossil fuels in the past two hundred years,
and that energy has given us a dream lifestyle filled with
conveniences and gadgets, toys and transportation that
would have been pure science fiction when Fulton invented
the steam engine and started it all. Unfortunately, we are
now paying a huge price for all these conveniences in the
form of air, soil, and water pollution, as well as global
warming, which, if allowed to continue unchecked, will soon
make our planet a terrestrial hell.
Fossil fuels are the culprit, so what to do about our depend-
ence on them should be foremost in our minds.
Not if, but when the ice caps melt, sea levels will rise at
least thirty feet, inundating almost every coastal city and
town on earth. There is great concern that the influx of all
that fresh water will stop the flow of the gulf stream and
bring on the next ice age.
Are we going to give up all the modern conveniences made
possible by the burning of fossil fuels? Of course not! But
there are things that everyone can do to reduce the size of
their carbon footprint, cheaply, as well as save many thou-
sands of dollars in energy costs!
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