187 Days More Days to Copenhagen - Spreading a Compelling Vision of the Renewable Energy Future

Had a great lunchtime conversation with a friend and colleague in environmental education. It's so good to sit under a tree and chat with a like-hearted soul. (Thanks, Cate! What's below is not a reflection on you, but an indication of the courage you helped me muster today.)

The global warming deniers and skeptics have done such an excellent (= terrible) job of obfuscating the truth about climate change, and are, in my opinion, criminally negligent for the potentially fatal procrastination they have caused.

Alas, despite these liars, nasty twits and ecologically illiterate ignoramuses (yes, there are times when blame and name calling are in order, especially when the children of all species are the ones who will suffer — who are already suffering — from the evil deeds of these people, who must hate their own children and grandchildren) ... despite them, Joe and Joan Q. Public can't possibly, given the choice, choose a

• dangerous
• dirty
• unhealthy
• inequitable
• war-mongering

fossil fuel economy over a

• safe
• clean
• healthy
• equitable
• peaceful

renewable energy economy.

Can they? Why aren't we all clamouring after this? Writing to all our elected officials about this? Letting them know that we want this?

Let's spread this compelling vision of a renewable energy future. Let's use this mantra:

• safe
• clean
• healthy
• equitable
• peaceful

to explain to people why they're going to love this giant transformation to a renewable energy economy!

SAFE ... CLEAN ... HEALTHY ... EQUITABLE ... PEACEFUL ... RENEWABLE ENERGY ECONOMY

Say it with me....