Have you noticed? The world's population is going through an incredible growth spurt. And we are using a tremendous amount of energy to fuel it. Even the basic things like creating food or running water are requiring huge amounts of energy to meet the demands of the hungry populace.
Right now, not enough people are asking hard questions about our environmental economy. We enjoy the cushy life, and as long as we can afford these luxuries, who cares how much we waste. We drive our big cars and heat our huge homes with nary a concern for what we are doing to this planet, or the future generational costs we are accruing.
I believe that it is becoming quite obvious that we cannot keep up this amount of resource usage much longer. Piping water into Las Vegas? Yeah, there is a reason that we are starting to see a shortage of water supplies, as well as drastic weather pattern shifts. If it continues, once fruitful plains will likely be nothing but dry deserts. Nations will literally fight each other for food.
I know it sounds depressing, but unless we make some changes, it will only get much worse. Already, we can see the worsening hurricanes and tornados. How much worse will it have to get before we make the necessary changes?
How much worse will it have to get before the global leaders will sit up and take notice? Can we stop worrying about piddly problems of today and see if we can make sure we have a tomorrow?
I am starting to believe that we will never seen our governments awaken to the danger. That leaves little people like you and I to make a change.
There are a variety of ways you can make an impact. Are you conserving electricity with high-efficiency light bulbs and appliances? Do you use the least amount of water possible when you shower?
Perhaps these steps seem too trivial, but if enough of us are willing to take them, we might see a major change in where our environment takes us.
Right now, not enough people are asking hard questions about our environmental economy. We enjoy the cushy life, and as long as we can afford these luxuries, who cares how much we waste. We drive our big cars and heat our huge homes with nary a concern for what we are doing to this planet, or the future generational costs we are accruing.
I believe that it is becoming quite obvious that we cannot keep up this amount of resource usage much longer. Piping water into Las Vegas? Yeah, there is a reason that we are starting to see a shortage of water supplies, as well as drastic weather pattern shifts. If it continues, once fruitful plains will likely be nothing but dry deserts. Nations will literally fight each other for food.
I know it sounds depressing, but unless we make some changes, it will only get much worse. Already, we can see the worsening hurricanes and tornados. How much worse will it have to get before we make the necessary changes?
How much worse will it have to get before the global leaders will sit up and take notice? Can we stop worrying about piddly problems of today and see if we can make sure we have a tomorrow?
I am starting to believe that we will never seen our governments awaken to the danger. That leaves little people like you and I to make a change.
There are a variety of ways you can make an impact. Are you conserving electricity with high-efficiency light bulbs and appliances? Do you use the least amount of water possible when you shower?
Perhaps these steps seem too trivial, but if enough of us are willing to take them, we might see a major change in where our environment takes us.
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