Luddite strikes again
This time he is taking aim at the global warming issue, as it has been stirred up lately by both An Inconvenient Truth and the subsequent answering television ads claiming that CO2 is a way of life.
This isn’t as decisive and cutting as I am accustomed to reading from Mr. Long, but as he himself admits, it is a very complicated and difficult for Joe Average to approach in an impartial and a well-informed manner.
Still, if you ask me, it ties back into personal responsibility. His assessment was very neutral, very info-gathering oriented rather than firing off his usual heavy slug of strong opinion. This was more of a buckshot approach, scattering some lead over this very broad and dangerous topic to make sure to hit at least a few key points.
One approach that he only hinted at, and I would have loved to see him persue, would definitely have been for him to raise the flag of Personal Responsibility. Little steps will help immensely in this situation, and people who are passionate about the environment (or claim to be so) need to take more action if they really do have ideas. To some degree, the early 90’s thought process of “it takes everybody to save mother earth!” is correct. However, realisitically, not everyone can devote the kind of time necessary to finding cures for our greatest sources of pollution. In this case, it really is up to the vocal, independant movements to muster up the courage to get out there and support the fine minds that will bring us alternatives to our current mode of life.
Which is really what it takes. Science got us into this particular postion. The industrial revolution’s brand of science, anyhow. Interchangable parts lead to disposable parts, the study of electricity leading to power plants of varying degress of smoke-belching, the development of vehicular advancements, the invention of plastic, the machinery that allows us to automate and speed up production of goods, and the list really does go on and on.
Realistically there are a lot of things that could stand to be shifted around. I myself don’t have a whole lot of ideas, but I know when something is a flat-out wasteful idea! In that light I myself do some little things which will in some way help. I won’t be toppling any major issues or winning a Nobel prize for my efforts, but it’s surely better than nothing.
Soon, I think it’d be a good idea for a lot of us to do a little inventory and see how many wasteful and how many useful things we do every day. The idea there is to knock a few items off that wasteful list, and add a few to the useful list. How about Monday? As of Monday morning, start making a few mental notes on your habits and - if you can - jot them down or type them out and see how you’re doing.
I will if you will. Who is with me?
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