[Grovenet] A little more inconvenient truth . . .

[Eric Canon]

--- allnutt <allnutt at verizon.net> wrote:


> I think we need to do something. Exactly what
> that is I'm not sure and even though I am
> willing to ride me bike a few more times I am
> reluctant to change every habit I know I could
> change. I'll come around slowly though and
> eventually be a better person for it. I'll
> probably save money too but change is hard.
> 
> Katie 
> 

One of the exciting things about the movie is
that there are things we can do. If everyone
responded, we could turn things around, as we
have with the ozone layer. With world wide
participation on the banning of chemicals that
attacked the ozone layer, the hole above the
antarctic has repaired itself.

Gore's movie lists maybe six actions that would
return carbon dioxide levels back to 1970 levels.
They were high then, but nothing like we have
today.

Setting government policy is the key. Rather than
giving tax breaks for Hummers, as the current
administration has done, we need incentives
towards conservation. We need smaller vehicles
and mandatory standards for coal plants. 

Some people think regulating gas mileage
standards is bad for business. The movie points
out that Toyota can sell cars in Europe, China,
Japan - places that have high mileage standards.
GM cannot compete there, because the course they
have chosen for themselves is SUVs and heavy
cars. Which company is healthy and growing? 

That's why our vote is so important. I believe
both presidential elections were stolen from the
voters. In 2000, Florida voting booths were not
accessible to all the people. In 2004, the
computers in Pennsylvania and Ohio were rigged.
The exit polls indicated Kerry wins, but the
computer voting machines gave a different result.

Never the less, we citizens bear responsibility
for supporting a candidate who has steered us
wrong. He continues to steer us wrong. I read
that evangelical Christians are now raising their
voices in defense of our planet. They need to
raise their voices loud enough to gain the
attention of the administration, which is still
not acting. 

And, we need to convince ourselves this global
warming situation is for real. Once I convinced
myself, I started behaving differently. My ears
opened up, as did my eyes, and I began to look
more closely at what I could actually do to make
a difference. That's a crucial step toward
correcting this imbalance.