EarthWatch

Our Future: A game of smoke and mirrors...

During the State of the Union Address last week President Bush focused on several notable domestic issues, among these was the overuse of oil in meeting our national needs and the environmental problems faced today nationally and world wide. It is not a joke...nor is it a Game of Smoke and Mirrors.

In recognizing these issues our President has agreed that we need to find real solutions, and he has laid out a long range projection for when we need to have solved these problems. But the President will not be in office in a decade, and history demonstrates that just because a President points to an issue does not mean that he intends to act on it. Just talking about it may be all that he plans to do...someone else will have to act...maybe.

Even if the government takes this on for more research, it is my observation that we don't have the time that he has suggested, and that we need to come to grips with these issues now, not in ten years...As a realist however I recognize that we will not correct these things instantly. Hell, we may not correct them at all, but we need to try...and not in ten years. The earth is absolutely counting on us to succeed...and we (more appropriately our Grandchildren) are too.

So it is important that each of us consider making our lives more green...so to speak...and that we act locally on real issues like pollution, over use of energy, recycling for improvements in both environment and conservation and the education of our society (young and old) in the important housekeeping chores that need to be done.

Please keep in mind that our government is not going to take steps to fix things if we are not willing to stand up and be counted on these issues. Let them know...use the address block on the side of this BLOG and write your Representatives and Senators...write Mr. Bush too. Tell them that you agree with the President and with others who are telling us that the time to act is now...and then go act...remember Green Peace's point...Think Globally...Act Locally...

posted by Moon Shadow @ 11:56 AM