Thursday, April 27, 2006
Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil, drive no evil...
Well, if you're reading this, you probably know that gas prices in the U.S. have gone through the roof, and people are leaving their S.U.V.'s at home and using mass transit, bicycles, and even walking, as their modes of transportation these days.
Nope, that hasn't happened, and sales of big gas guzzling vehicles continue despite the irrefutable evidence that one day we will run out of oil. The first inkling of this that I remember, was in the seventies, during an oil embargo that many of the S.U.V. crowd regard as ancient history. But, history has a habit of repeating itself, and now the oily snake of truth has reared it's ugly head again. Maybe this time we'll listen. I doubt it. What will it take? $10 a gallon gas?
The Jimmy Carter Administration tried to move forward the metric system in the U.S., and that was nixed once the charismatic Ronald Reagan took office. I just wonder if we'd be in the sinking oily boat we're in now if Carter had been re-elected in 1980?
This really isn't about politics. It's about common sense. There are alternatives to oil for fuel, and we've collectively decided not to use them. Again I ask, what will it take? I was always a procrastinator in school, and that style means that other folks pass you by. The irony of this all is that many of the folks who are the most driven(pardon the pun) seem the most insensitive to the energy crisis that has been looming for years, and are letting other countries pioneer and harness renewable energy sources.
Keep driving the "dinosaur" into the ground. In a few million years or so, we'll all be fossil fuel.
Nope, that hasn't happened, and sales of big gas guzzling vehicles continue despite the irrefutable evidence that one day we will run out of oil. The first inkling of this that I remember, was in the seventies, during an oil embargo that many of the S.U.V. crowd regard as ancient history. But, history has a habit of repeating itself, and now the oily snake of truth has reared it's ugly head again. Maybe this time we'll listen. I doubt it. What will it take? $10 a gallon gas?
The Jimmy Carter Administration tried to move forward the metric system in the U.S., and that was nixed once the charismatic Ronald Reagan took office. I just wonder if we'd be in the sinking oily boat we're in now if Carter had been re-elected in 1980?
This really isn't about politics. It's about common sense. There are alternatives to oil for fuel, and we've collectively decided not to use them. Again I ask, what will it take? I was always a procrastinator in school, and that style means that other folks pass you by. The irony of this all is that many of the folks who are the most driven(pardon the pun) seem the most insensitive to the energy crisis that has been looming for years, and are letting other countries pioneer and harness renewable energy sources.
Keep driving the "dinosaur" into the ground. In a few million years or so, we'll all be fossil fuel.
