Gore Calls for U.S. to Use Renewable Energy by 2018 - NYTimes.com
Gore Calls for U.S. to Use Renewable Energy by 2018 - NYTimes.com: "“Of course, there are those who will tell us that this can’t be done,” he conceded. “But even those who reap the profits of the carbon age have to recognize the inevitability of its demise. As one OPEC oil minister observed, ‘The Stone Age didn’t end because of a shortage of stones.’ ”"
Can't wait to see the speech as I was promised a video from 'We' yesterday. It actually dovetails nicely with something that I have been meaning to write about if nothing else than a reminder to myself and it is this:
It feels so long ago now, but it is still easy to remember the days in first or second grade and how easy it was to play and meet other young children. We just seemed to naturally come together and easily get along and then sometimes of course hit each other, cry and then be playing again the next minute.
What changes?
I don't know all the answers, I have a few like the rat race taking so much of our time later in life, but I will say it is somewhat sad to see. But let us put it frankly: it doesn't totally change does it? One could be estranged from Mom for 20 years but then you get that call that stops you in your tracks: 'Mom has what?'
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And an hour later you are on a plane or you are in a hospital room or you are at her bedside. We don't lose that connection we had in first grade. We don't lose it with Mom and we don't lose it with each other. We may lose sight of it just a bit of course but it only takes one call or one flash to wake us up and bring us back.
So this brings me back to Al, my hero (the flawed kinds are the best). Al is working to bring us back to our connection to the earth. You saw the beginning of his movie didn't you and you felt what it is like to stand on the side of a river and breath the fresh air and hear the leaves rustle overhead? He is bringing us back step by step and god love him: he is bringing us back to our connection to the earth as a civilization. Please listen.
Can't wait to see the speech as I was promised a video from 'We' yesterday. It actually dovetails nicely with something that I have been meaning to write about if nothing else than a reminder to myself and it is this:
It feels so long ago now, but it is still easy to remember the days in first or second grade and how easy it was to play and meet other young children. We just seemed to naturally come together and easily get along and then sometimes of course hit each other, cry and then be playing again the next minute.
What changes?
I don't know all the answers, I have a few like the rat race taking so much of our time later in life, but I will say it is somewhat sad to see. But let us put it frankly: it doesn't totally change does it? One could be estranged from Mom for 20 years but then you get that call that stops you in your tracks: 'Mom has what?'
...
And an hour later you are on a plane or you are in a hospital room or you are at her bedside. We don't lose that connection we had in first grade. We don't lose it with Mom and we don't lose it with each other. We may lose sight of it just a bit of course but it only takes one call or one flash to wake us up and bring us back.
So this brings me back to Al, my hero (the flawed kinds are the best). Al is working to bring us back to our connection to the earth. You saw the beginning of his movie didn't you and you felt what it is like to stand on the side of a river and breath the fresh air and hear the leaves rustle overhead? He is bringing us back step by step and god love him: he is bringing us back to our connection to the earth as a civilization. Please listen.
