"You can not walk straight.....
This entry was posted on 9/28/2008 10:58 PM and is filed under Global Peak Oil,Global Warming,Economy,Leadership,Costs of INACTION.
....when the road bends."
Romani proverb
This fits our global warming, dependence on foreign energy, and peak oil predicament. It also fits the U.S.'s financial crisis. When things are changing, we can't keep doing the same things. If we do, it's at our peril.
Our current financial crisis: Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on 60 Minutes tonight, that government officials and the financial industry were "warned of danger two years ago." "It was foreseen. Economists aren't very good at predicting the precise date on which the whole thing was going to unravel, but that it was unsustainable was perfectly clear." Here's the link to the story - Paulson: Economy Is In A Fragile Situation.
See any parallels with our environment and energy problems?
My fear: our current financial crisis is a children's game compared to global warming, our dependence on foreign energy, and peak oil risks if we don't take significant action now. And, there won't be an easy solution. The sooner we address these escalating problems, the greater the chance that we'll actually be able to solve them.
Let's enact a phased-in, federal tax shift from income to non-renewable energy now.
