Some of you may have seen this ad on the web:
You know I think addressing climate change is a critical concern, so recently I checked it out. I want to encourage you to do the same.
There are two aspects to the non-partisan We Campaign (or WeCanSolveIt.org).
If you click on the "Join We" link, you will be given the opportunity to, essentially, sign an on-line petition demonstrating your support for We's goals and be put on their mailing list. I did this, though I'm generally skeptical of on-line petitions. That's not what's got me excited enough to post about this campaign.
To the right of the "Join We" link is a "Community" link. That's the remarkable aspect of this site. It allows users to join an on-line community and, through the site, provides them with robust networking tools. Through the site, one can form and join groups, host and attend events, create blogs, and make connections, among many other features. It's definitely worth looking at.
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I like this commmercial. I appreciate it's appeal to America's sense of world leadership. (Remember that beacon-on-the-hill stuff? Yeah, the rest of the world has been wondering what the heck happened to it, too).
You know, some eco-friendlies dismiss technology and ingenuity as the answer and insist that the only solution is to sacrifice and change our habits, and I used to see things that way as well. But, lately I am encouraged by futurist Ray Kurzweil (author of The Singularity is Near and Age of the Spiritual Machines) who predicts that we are about to make significant breakthroughs in solar power technology (in terms of efficiency and affordability) that will END our energy troubles. (See "Solar Power to Rule in 20 Years, Futurists Say," by Robin Lloyd, LiveScience Senior Editor,19 February 2008, at http://www.livescience.com/environment/080219-kurzweil-solar.html).
Boy, I hope he's right. And, happily, he has a reputation for always being right about his predictions.
To learn more about Kurzweil and his other predictions for the near future, see "The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least," on the New York Time Online website at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/03tier.html.
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