I just read something which said :

"Humanity cannot play with the fires of creation and not pay the price for it"

Nothing speaks truer to me. Nothing is deeper than that, than that there comes a time for all of us, our world when we need to look at the world around us and take responsibility for it.

When I read the above, the phrase "Fires of Creation" I instantly thought about Fossil Fuels, Global Warming and all of the good stuff Al Gore spoke about in an Inconvenient Truth. That movie and book really spoke to me and it hit me in a way that I had to start to look at the world around me. There seems to be a lot of things which we do, attitudes we have because we have always done it that way.

Another GREAT movie to watch about this is "WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?" it really does end on a good note! That we can make a difference and even just one person makes a world of difference. Do not listen to anyone who tells you otherwise.

Anyway, I wanted to post this from this site : http://www.calcars.org/vehicles.html

Here is the part of it that REALLY hit me ----

How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle?
We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). A PHEV is essentially a regular hybrid with an extension cord. You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. It's like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon.

You don't have to plug it in. But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. So you'll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances.

But wait, there's more:

* If your driving is mostly local, you'd almost never need to gas-up.
* Lifetime service costs are lower for a vehicle that is mainly electric.
* A PHEV can provide power to an entire home in the case of an outage; A fleet of PHEVs could power critical systems during emergencies.

----I read that and went...WOW...then backwards! WOW! (Not upsidedown--MOM!)

Anyways, just amazed, such great things and maybe all we need to do is stop and think. Stop and think about things that we do, spend our money on, look around at what we do which affects our world, even the children which we will someday have to handoff our world to and say HERE this is what I have done with it.

Would you be okay doing that?

Just a thought

-Jack Bowen