Tao’s 2 Cents

I just had the realization that Obama is going to be president. I’d wanted to believe it for awhile, but now I actually do.

And now Mr. McCain, if I may present a rebuttal on behalf of the world.

Yo Momma.

PS - Thanks for all the spare change.

agree with Barack that getting rid of the gas tax isn’t going to do crap for us. All the oil companies will do is say, hey, now we can charge 6 cents more. I don’t necessarily agree that we need to develop alternative fuels, we need rearrange our lifestyles and change the fact that we need so many cars. Just the idea of a fuel to burn is wrong, even hydrogen is stupid. We’d be wasting energy converting electricity into a liquid form when we could just NOT turn it into hydrogen and save all of that energy. We don’t need alternative fuels, we need alternative energy and to be more efficient energy in general. We need to be smart. (sigh)

It’s not that great of an ad except for that last line. “And you thought no one could be worse than George Bush”, that kills me.

This is phenomenal. Put a price on carbon!

Gore is passionate, convincing and inspiring. Now I understand what he’s going to do with his new ad campaign. I’m going carbon neutral. I want a footprint so light you can’t make it out in the sand. I want to be a part of the hero generation. Let’s save this planet people!

By the way, you should definitely check out more of the TED talks. They have amazing speakers that give really interesting presentations, performances, etc.

We’re being nickeled and dimed. It’s the oldest trick in the book.

I believe that this guy, Richard Heinberg, is absolutely 100% right on the money. I haven’t seen someone sum up everything I’ve read this well yet and I’m so glad I found it. This is why I’d like to start an organic permaculture farm and live a sustainable lifestyle. After I get myself taken care of I want to start working on a local level around the farm to teach others and help the community work on larger community projects that can’t be done by individuals.

Anyway, watch these videos. They’re important. You may not want to hear it, but it may be the most important thing you’ve ever watched.

Click to continue reading this entry and view the other 5 parts to this talk.

Now I’m sure Obama has some skeletons in the closet, but Hillary has a cemetery.

Continue reading this post to watch Part 2.

I like the way he simplifies it, but this assumes a rational audience. If only that were true.

This is just bad ass. By the way, it’s pronounced “sap”.

“The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children”
- Bill Mollison.

I’d only had the slightest idea what permaculture was before this evening. I’ve always seen the term in conjunction with organic farming. It was usually the one with a funky drawing on the cover, which is probably because the idea was first introduce in the 1970’s.

I just assumed it was the spiritual version of organic farming and went with some more technical. I associated the culture with agriculture, instead of the general culture and not just a sustainable future, but one that grows.

No one wants to live on a dieing planet and I think most people see living without all of the comforts we’ve come to know and love as lowering ourselves to a place we can never hope to be happy again. The problem is that we think comfort is the same thing as happiness.

It also didn’t occur to me that the spirituality in this vision of permanent culture might resonate with me so strongly. It probably wouldn’t normally, but after listening to just this brief interview with Bill Mollison it really has me interested.

He seems like such a good smart honest guy that I really relate to. I want to know what he knows. Why the hell isn’t this kind of stuff they show kids in school? That was way better than any biology video, scratch that, any video I ever saw in school.

I’m going to learn more and report back.