[OKC] [ok-sus] Do you agree?

[Shauna Struby]

Yes and succinctly said/written Harlan. 

 

The only thing I would add - it's not just important work for the
generations you mention -- but Boomers and the Greatest Generation too. 

 

Boomers because there are a lot of us out there and we're likely going to
live longer. I know I hope to be around awhile longer. ;-). Example: I just
turned 55 - if I live to 100 -- conceivable -- I could be around at least
another 45 years. That's a lot of carbon I will emit if I'm not working to
conserve and to transition to truly clean, renewable energy

 

Greatest Generation - they are our eldest elders, the wisest of the wise and
those that are still with us, still have much to share. They've been through
the Depression and World War II. They have skills many of us no longer have,
and wisdom about living with less, living simply, reusing and conserving, on
how to be resilient. We need to listen to them, record and catalog their
knowledge and stories, and honor them.

 

It's gonna take all of us to make this transition.

 

 

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[mailto:ok-sus-bounces at lists.oksustainability.org] On Behalf Of Harlan
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Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:17 PM
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Subject: [ok-sus] Do you agree?

 

The most important work for Generations X ('65-'83), Y ('83-'00) and Z
('00-'15) is to eliminate the need for fossil fuels. Here are facts in
support:

1.      Sunlight heats the air causing wind and evaporation which results in
rain. 

2.      Plants and animals turn heat, light and rain into food. 

3.      Heat is absorbed by the earth.             

4.      Heat, light, wind, rain and food combined with human labor and
ingenuity produces solar, wind,  geothermal, bio-fuel and hydro power.

5.      By 1900, these forms of energy sustained 2 billion people and all
their wealth.  

6.      After 1900 there was a heavily-subsidized, global power shift to
fossil fuels. 

7.      In 2011, fossil fuels sustain 7 billion people and all their wealth.


8.      Oil is expected to last 43 years, natural gas - 63 years and coal -
119 years. 

If we develop the ability as individuals to use safe, easily-accessible
forms of energy -- heat, light, wind, rain and food -- the transition from
fossil fuels will be an historic triumph of human ingenuity and if we do
not, it will be an historic human tragedy that will define these
generations.

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