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Here is my personal crisis:
I AM one of the ugly polluters on Earth. I drive my car, I use fossil fuels, I am part of the problem.
My wife and I both work hard, we earn good money, but we can’t seem to get out of the cycle. We are still part of the problem.

What am I hopeful for? The bright bright spirits of our children which, if kept intact, will fill the World with light and burn away the rot of the past.

What concerns me the most? The death throes of the power structure of the 4th Sun. Those corporate dinosaurs who see profit as their god and an economic system which demands constant growth might still spell doom for our environment. You know the place, the only place we have, to live.more

Lulled to Sleep.
For less than 100 years, the soothing, warm hum of a car has been amongst many people’s first sensations, along with mom and dad on the way home from the hospital. more

Hubbert's Peak describes how the total quantity of oil on Earth is finite. Petroleum production will reach a peak, after which it will never surpass that maximum peak. (U.S. oil production has already passed its peak.) Oil production will fall as the most economical reserves are exhausted. Oil prices will rise. If our economy is based on a non-renewable fuel source and the production falls, then our economy will decline. We have to adapt our economy to run on renewable energy.

For  Our  Information:
U.S. Oil
According to the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration:
The United States had 22.4 billion barrels of proved oil reserves as of 1 January 2002.
During 2002, the United States is estimated to be producing around 8.2 million barrels per day, among the lowest in 50 years.
In 2000, there were 534,000 producing oil wells in the United States.
The United States is consuming about 19.7 million barrels per day of oil in 2002; nearly half is motor gasoline.
The United States imported 11.2 million barrels per day in the first 9 months of 2002, around 57% of total U.S. oil demand.
As of 12 November 2002, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve contained around 590 million barrels of oil.
That quantity is enough oil for the U.S. for around 30 days at current levels of consumption. Even with rationing the reserve is only good for months and would be mostly used by the military anyway.
Independence from Petroleum!
We will always have energy requirements, but
our energy does not have to come from petroleum.
We send vast amounts of our wealth overseas for oil.
We pollute our environment by burning oil.
We invest vast human and military resources to ensure our oil supply.

Viable, renewable alternatives are available now!  more  steps to take

A community project: Renewable Black Rock City
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Web Links that Lead Us Ahead:

  • New Plan for Government Investment in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Cuts Persian Gulf Oil Imports in Half
    "The Apollo Project" is a 10-point plan for energy independence proposed by A HISTORIC COALITION of labor unions, environmentalists, and peace advocates.  If adopted by our government it would:
    * Create three million jobs
    * Protect the environment
    * Improve public health
    * Cost $30 billion/year for 10 years (7% of the Pentagon budget)
  • MoveOn.org MoveOn.org is committed to moving the progressive agenda forward. They are well organized, concise and to the point. You feel your action is being rewarded since it is one of the largest grass roots organizations providing the prod to the governmental process we so desperately need.
  • EarthAction is building a global action alert network which can mobilize people simultaneously around the planet to speak out for a better world.

  • The California Fuel Cell Partnership is a unique collaboration of government, auto manufacturers and fuel cell manufactureres dedicated to bringing viable fuel cell vehicles to the market.

  • The Natural Step is an international organization that uses a science-based, systems framework to help organizations and communities understand and move towards sustainability.

  • The Earth Charter is a set of nonpolitical global principles for coexisting on and with the Earth, developed through a world-wide collaborative process set in motion by the UN Rio Earth Summit in 1992.

  • The Natural Resources Defense Council is collecting signatures to keep misguided energy policy from damaging natural resources..

  • The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is a national organization dedicated to advancing the use of  solar energy for the benefit of U.S. citizens and the global environment.

  • The California PUC is deciding whether to tack on a tax on distributed power generation which would effect small-scale renewable generators adversely. Take action now at: VoteSolar.org

  • U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) was created in 1983 to act as watchdog for the public interest in our nation's capital, as much as PIRGs have worked to safeguard the public interest in state capitals since 1971.
  • Geothermal Resources Council encourages the development of geothermal resources worldwide.
    • li> Ecotalk is a prime example of motivated people acting locally to help positive transformation to occur in the way we view our place in the environment. With their current drive to collect signatures to prove that soccer moms don't want polluting, dangerous cars, but rather safe, energy efficient and useful vehicles, these great people warn us: Don't be fueled!
  • The Buckminster Fuller Institute is the organization dedicated to the advancement of the revolutionary vision of R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome. He also invented this view of Earth, which is a projection of the round Earth which has the least distortion of the landmasses. The continents are all connected or nearly connected giving this view of Earth as One Island in One Ocean; Our Spaceship Earth!