2004-10-09
ENVIRONMENT
Energy independence is an essential element to acheive if we truly wish to protect the planet Gaia | Yet there's no getting any sense that the powers that be have any clue that is important, much less possess any understanding as to what that means | USA's Senator John Warner's recent efforts to scuttle off-shore wind generation plants so he wouldn't see them from his vacation home provides but one example of what I mean by "not a clue" | NIMBYism hinders energy independence efforts |
Energy independence is not, and can not be, merely no longer relying on Middle East oil reserves | And it is not something that any single soverign nation can achieve on it's own | No, to be independent all nations have to arrive at this end point pretty much simultaneously | No simple feat | We must, therefore, cede the illusion of sovereignty and work together on the problem |
Energy independence calls for freedom from Corpornations* controlling the production and distribution of electrical power and of the means to acheive this | So the technological advances made in solar power generation now held by C-nations such as BP and Grumman [for example] shall need to be shared so as to benefit all |
Energy independence requires a dramatic re-appraisal of our needs as a society, and contrasted from our desires and gluttony for convenience |
No disrespect meant, but ~to quote the Corporanational front man Dubya~ "It's hard work"!
I wish I had to confidence to believe that most any of the planet's present leadership caste has any interest or intent in actually pursuing energy independence | So, given that they probably don't, it's up to the rest of us to live by example and that, eventually, our leaders will follow |
Responsible opposing viewpoints welcome |
Energy independence is an essential element to acheive if we truly wish to protect the planet Gaia | Yet there's no getting any sense that the powers that be have any clue that is important, much less possess any understanding as to what that means | USA's Senator John Warner's recent efforts to scuttle off-shore wind generation plants so he wouldn't see them from his vacation home provides but one example of what I mean by "not a clue" | NIMBYism hinders energy independence efforts |
Energy independence is not, and can not be, merely no longer relying on Middle East oil reserves | And it is not something that any single soverign nation can achieve on it's own | No, to be independent all nations have to arrive at this end point pretty much simultaneously | No simple feat | We must, therefore, cede the illusion of sovereignty and work together on the problem |
Energy independence calls for freedom from Corpornations* controlling the production and distribution of electrical power and of the means to acheive this | So the technological advances made in solar power generation now held by C-nations such as BP and Grumman [for example] shall need to be shared so as to benefit all |
Energy independence requires a dramatic re-appraisal of our needs as a society, and contrasted from our desires and gluttony for convenience |
No disrespect meant, but ~to quote the Corporanational front man Dubya~ "It's hard work"!
I wish I had to confidence to believe that most any of the planet's present leadership caste has any interest or intent in actually pursuing energy independence | So, given that they probably don't, it's up to the rest of us to live by example and that, eventually, our leaders will follow |
Responsible opposing viewpoints welcome |
* Definition: Corpornations [also C-nations] refer to [1] legal entities who purport to be mere "individuals" but who possess resources and power disproportinate in scale to any single person [2] corporations whose annual GNP equals or exceeds that of many land-based nation states [3] entities whose governing boards or bodies exercise power and authority with similar governing bodies in land-based nations yet disproportionate to their number of group members [i.e. their "population base"]
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