Okay, have been getting info on the environmental problems we are facing that my generation will have to deal with. Sometimes I get so angry that the generation before me even though started the environmental movement, hasn't really gotten serious to change things. Unfortunately, we all know it is more about greed and money than reality with the big corporations and guess we really can't blame each other, individually.
I was an environmental planner in college and what is about to happen between now and 2016 will be life changing for everyone, and then by 2030, our U.S. weather will be unrecognizable to what we have now. God forbid, if the water from the melting ice caps changes the Gulf Stream
by 2050 which I can still be alive for, then we have a 2-10 year ice age on our hands which will stop the food chain, temporarily. I don't know anyone who can't eat for 2-10 years. Sorry I have to be so grim, but there is a balance to nature and our sustainability as animals on this planet. Not only are we messing with our own future but also with all the plants, animals, and insects that live PEACEFULLY here. It is such a CRIME that because of our individual egos, our desire to be number one, our competition with each other, that we feel it is okay to destroy everything around U.S. for an ego trip. What will future generations say about U.S.? They were such a selfish bunch and even when they had the signs and facts of change, they decided to ignore them?
Another Fact is that repairing and cleaning up the environment could be the next multi-billion dollar market and would do U.S. some good. Using all natural cleaning agents in the house and for laundry, use of more electric cars and trains, bicycles, anything that will stop the pollution of the air and water supplies is the FUTURE. We don't need to use the chemicals and add all the CO2 into the air anymore, we have the technologies and products available. It is time to start using these alternatives.
-Joshua2007