Comments on: Oregon is Very Green http://digitaldame.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/oregon-is-very-green/ or, Diary of a Mad Suburbanite Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Digital Dame http://digitaldame.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/oregon-is-very-green/#comment-392 Digital Dame Wed, 13 May 2009 20:41:50 +0000 http://digitaldame.wordpress.com/?p=582#comment-392 And now we're making the switch to digital tv in the U.S., which means all our old analog televisions are about to become very large paperweights. What are we going to do with all of them? There's just no end to it. I don't think most of the sitting politicians much care what happens in 10 or 20 years, they probably expect not to be here to see it. I agree, we can't go on like this forever. I have no answers, only questions. And now we’re making the switch to digital tv in the U.S., which means all our old analog televisions are about to become very large paperweights. What are we going to do with all of them? There’s just no end to it. I don’t think most of the sitting politicians much care what happens in 10 or 20 years, they probably expect not to be here to see it.

I agree, we can’t go on like this forever. I have no answers, only questions.

]]> By: justwilliams http://digitaldame.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/oregon-is-very-green/#comment-391 justwilliams Wed, 13 May 2009 19:45:02 +0000 http://digitaldame.wordpress.com/?p=582#comment-391 Unfortunately, it is but one small part of the greater problem. First, you have to get people to listen. Then you have to find leaders with vision and courage; vision to see and understand the implications of oil running out within a decade or so and water in short supply in much the same time scale. Then they need the courage to tell us the truth and adopt the right solutions, regardless of narrow national and political ambitions. Of course these projected problems may take longer to become serious than some experts are expecting but surely we cannot go on with this galloping consumerism for much longer. Unfortunately, it is but one small part of the greater problem. First, you have to get people to listen. Then you have to find leaders with vision and courage; vision to see and understand the implications of oil running out within a decade or so and water in short supply in much the same time scale. Then they need the courage to tell us the truth and adopt the right solutions, regardless of narrow national and political ambitions.
Of course these projected problems may take longer to become serious than some experts are expecting but surely we cannot go on with this galloping consumerism for much longer.

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