Monday, March 24, 2014

Global Warming and My Questions


I thought I would participate a little bit on this subject accepting the overwhelming majority of the scientific community’s belief that there is global warming and that it is at least partially caused by humans.
My first solution is for individuals to review their use of personal vehicles and find ways to reduce consumption of gas.  Wherever possible one should walk, ride a bike, use public transit or travel efficiently.  If you can car pool that is terrific, if you can’t then declare a car free day once a week (more if you can).  There are dozens of other suggestions with respect to household use of electricity and gas, recycling and so on that I don’t need to regurgitate here.
One other aspect that I really believe needs more attention is the potential for people to assist in generating clean power by way of solar panels and windmills.  The trouble with this is that the cost is extremely high for what the power they are collecting can produce without first putting it into the grid.  The problem here is that the grid is privately owned by greedy utility companies who refuse to fairly compensate these individuals for the power they can put back into the grid.  The bottom line is that government allows private enterprise to be unconscionably greedy to the detriment of the greater good.
It seems incredible that human greed can ultimately be the cause of destroying a planet.  Despite some 5 billion people on this earth the mass cannot stop the 1% of 1% going towards destruction.  How strange is that?  And when earth is desolate who will be left to ask “was it worth it”?

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