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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'>Yes and succinctly said/written Harlan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'>The only thing I would add – it’s not just important work for the generations you mention -- but Boomers and the Greatest Generation too. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'>It’s gonna take all of us to make this transition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#632423'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ok-sus-bounces@lists.oksustainability.org [mailto:ok-sus-bounces@lists.oksustainability.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harlan Hentges<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Sustainability Issues in Oklahoma'; sustainable-edmond@googlegroups.com; 'Sustainable okc'<br><b>Subject:</b> [ok-sus] Do you agree?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Sunlight heats the air causing wind and evaporation which results in rain. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Plants and animals turn heat, light and rain into food. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Heat is absorbed by the earth. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Heat, light, wind, rain and food combined with human labor and ingenuity produces solar, wind, geothermal, bio-fuel and hydro power.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>By 1900, these forms of energy sustained 2 billion people and all their wealth. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>After 1900 there was a heavily-subsidized, global power shift to fossil fuels. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>In 2011, fossil fuels sustain 7 billion people and all their wealth. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Oil is expected to last 43 years, natural gas - 63 years and coal - 119 years. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>