sad but true

i'm late again. i shoulda had this posted a while ago. i hope i'm not too late to save the world. after all, today is blog action day and the focus is on climate change so i guess i will have to use more action words than usual. what can a blog really do to help with the global problem of climate change? well, it can't recycle or carpool or stop a coal-fired power plant. or can it?

i wrote a really nice rant that was all about how this here rock we live on doesn't need us to keep going but we need it. i wrote some really great stuff about how we need the atmosphere of our dear planet to live and how the Earth is our only home and let's take care of it. but just as i was finishing that long ranting post that was gonna be so great.... just as i was almost done. BAM!!! the power went out....

...for like an hour....

a huge chunk of the rant gone. some was saved...

that power outage was like reality smacking me in the face. electricity ain't easy. or cheap. it costs us. and it damages our environment. no doubt about it.

it doesn't matter which political party you support or what side of any issue that you may come down on. this is not a political issue. it is a fact of life. climate change is happening. and everyone on Earth is affected.

some idiots will even say the evidence is debatable. they are idiots. they are wrong. who's side are they on anyway? who's isn't on Earth's side? it all comes down to whether or not you believe there should be more pollution or less pollution. in my opinion, either you are in favor of a cleaner environment with less pollution OR you want MORE POLLUTION. which is it?

then there is always someone saying that it will cost too much? they don't want to pay more in taxes or rates or gas. how much would you pay for clean air to breathe? you probably think you shouldn't have to pay anything. and you shouldn't. but what if that air was taken away? how much then? how about water? land? your favorite beach? alot of beaches are going away. and so are the animals in that water out there.

this is an issue where America has to be the world leader. and we can do it. it is a public health issue. who doesn't want the public to be healthy? who doesn't like breathing air and drinking water. i sure do. i live on that stuff.


facts:

• global warming basics
• the hard science
• the cover-up by powerful leaders
• calculate your carbon footprint
• emissions facts
• learn more at Google Earth

what can you do?

• reduce, reuse, recycle
• conserve energy and water
• 10 solutions to climate change
• tell your Congressional representative to support climate change legislation NOW
  

our world is in trouble. it is sad but true. what was all that LIVE EARTH stuff about anyway. here is your reward for reading this much....

don't forget OCTOBER 24 is International Day of Climate Action

see more on YouTube

now go save the planet.......