Interesting links- thanks. Some of them were a curious combination of truth and slanted ideology, but OK.
Still I can't shake the belief that people make things much more difficult and complex than they need be.
The bottom line is:
Energy use per U.S. household has
skyrocketed up in the last few decades;
The population continues to grow;
Most of our energy is fossil fuel based;
Fossil fuels are a finite resource;
Therefore what we have is ever increasing demand for an ever dwindling resource.
You can't drill your way out of that forever.
There are those that take issue- perhaps rightly so- with one or more of those premises.
That is fine. It doesn't change the fact that we are facing a problem that is growing larger, not smaller.
It also doesn't change the fact that we really aren't on the road to properly addressing the issue(s) either.
I think getting all wound up about whether climate change or global warming is real or not is not much more than a diversion. Of course the climate changes over time, human intervention or not. BUT of course no one can claim combustion emissions are a good thing either. Anyone that does can feel free to sit in their garage with an idling engine and get back to me later...
Frankly I don't understand why people stress about it so much. Well, actually I do, but the reality of it pains me so.
People don't have to wait for government, or industry, or science, their boss, or even their church to solve this.
Just do it.
Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Not having more than two kids is probably the numero uno thing people can do to keep their household energy use down. DAH. Do that and the big picture solutions fall into place as well.
Then there are the many ways individuals can keep their consumption low. Basically it comes down to having an awareness of it.
Human nature seems to have a large greedy slob component built right in. When people have an awareness of it, by using their God-given brains they can easily manage their actions.
How many people have that awareness now?
Exactly. Not many.
Why?
A combination of things, including willful ignorance- or just plain real ignorance- indifference, protection of inflexible ideologies, or whatever.
The only thing that gets the indifferent consumers' attention is price.
If it's high enough, well what do you know, it becomes in one's best interest to conserve.
And conservation and/or transition to other energy sources is desireable (I'd say necessary) when you have a growing demand/dwindling supply scenario.
Wish it didn't have to be that way... well is there a better idea?
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