Wednesday, June 1, 2011

a long break

So... I'd just about decided to give up on this enterprise. It's one of those 'what's the point' situations. It does sometimes make me feel better to rant, but the world for the past month has been so crazy I had no idea which way to go.

I just don't get my fellow men and women. Nobody seems able to connect the very important dots. The horrific climate events... the floods, droughts, tornadoes... why don't people see their own behavior in those events? Isn't there a minimal ethical level that we all share... a level that indicates that some compassion for our fellow sentient beings is required?

What baffles me most, I guess, is the failure to adjust our personal entitlements. We know we're killing our planet. We know we're dooming our children to a hell we can't even imagine. Climate change is upon us. And what got me back to this site is the fact that I simply can't believe that people won't change for the sake of their children and grandchildren.

So... we know flying in airplanes is possibly the worst thing we can do, in terms of adding big quantities of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Yet we fly as much (or more), flying for vacations, flying for pleasures that are NOT ENTITLEMENTS. And driving... we think nothing of driving, of dumping those horrendous poisons into our atmosphere. Susan just told me about a hiking group that will drive to the coast (at least a 140-mile drive, round trip) to take a nice walk on the beach. What are we thinking?

I guess the truth is that we won't change, and that we'll just have to adjust to the new climate. But that, I think, is easier said than done. I think it's going to get real hard to grow food anywhere,

Just ran out of steam. No more rants. No energy for rants... Once again, I think this effort has ended. We'll see. Namaste. Kirk