Basically it's a report coming out of a worldwide conference from July that estimates peak oil to be between 2005 and 2015; natural gas to peak between 2015 and 2025; and peak coal to happen sometime around 50 years from now. "Peak" means the point at which the earth's ability to produce (or human's ability to harvest) these fossils reaches a peak... and it's all downhill from there. So yeah. I'm sitting here in a dimly-lit though comfortable room and I walk or bike a few blocks to campus everyday. I'm doing the best I can to eat food grown locally. I bought flourescent light bulbs today for the apartment.
I think what I'd like you to think about -- if you're willing to do that for a minute -- is what you would like to leave behind when your time on earth ends. (Hopefully that will be a long, long time from now!!) When I answer the question... I want to leave the world in a little better shape than when I entered it... to maybe live a life that does more good than harm. I think that's what we all want in some way or another, right? So just think about what little things you can do... those of you who are reading this, I know you can't not drive to work... but maybe you could use compact flourescent bulbs? Keep buying as much as you can from the farmer's market instead of the grocery store? Reuse plastic bags. Don't burn gargage (burn barrels are REALLY bad.)
Side note -- the recycling here is pretty complex... I'm still getting it figured out... 2-3 bins for glass, 1-2 bins for metals, 1 for compost, 1 for combustibles (they can be incinerated with harmful stuff being taken out through the process), 1 for paper, and 1 for plastic. It makes sense, and it seems to work.
Ok. I'm done for now... getting off my soapbox...
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