The Environment
I leave for DC tomorrow, but our Christmas tree is already in the dumpster. I undecorated it last night while watching "Who Killed the Electric Car," a great documentry that makes you wonder if the US car industry has crushed its own future. They invested heavily in hybrid/electric energy, gave up on it, and are now being surpassed in a big way by Toyota and Honda. Now all of Detroit and the US automotive industry is screwed and dying. Lame. I have come to the realization that I am a closet environmentalist — eventhough I still drive everywhere and cut down Christmas trees. In 8th grade, I remember reading about clean burning methane and nuclear energy and wondering why we didn't use more of it. I remember being scared about the eventual energy crisis. 4 years ago, I read a book called the Hydrogen Economy and thought I might want to work in alternative energy. And I'm still mesmerized by the windmill farms in the pass between Orange County and Palm Springs. "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentry about global warming, resonated with me as well (Though I would have liked the movie more without the obvious political commentary. The environment needs to be less politically polarizing). People need to decide for themselves, without political baggage, to do the right thing and: reduce, reuse, recycle, conserve, etc. Government needs to set policies to encourage greener living and reduce dependence on fossil fuels – laws and tax credits DO change behavior.
December 21st, 2006 at 9:41 am
Hippie scum.