I think that it's great that so many people are waking up to our global environmental problems, but I just think that Going Green doesn't go far enough. So I am challenging the Green Revolution to be more powerful in their goals and their language.
Because most of the time people who talk about Going Green only talk about "reducing" emissions instead of "eliminating" them, our becoming "Cleaner" not "Clean," and only being free from foreign Oil, instead of eliminating Oil completely.
They are also talking about Energy Conservation instead of Energy Abundance. There is more Wind, Solar energy all around us, and more Hydrogen in the Seawater, than all the Coal, Oil, and Nuclear energy on this planet, and it's all zero emission. If we all used Solar, Wind, and Hydrogen, we wouldn't have to conserve energy, or go without driving, heat, air conditioning, or electricity. We should have the more powerful goal of Energy Abundance, because if we lived zero emission lives we could stop scrounging, having to worry about our carbon footprints, polluting our children, or about the survival of Humanity or the Planet.
Green people are also making Energy Efficiency their primary weapon against Climate Change, which is stupid thinking. Energy Efficiency is not what is polluting your children! Coal and Oil is polluting them and killing thousands of people every year. If we utilized the zero emission and Abundant Energy sources that all around us, it wouldn't matter if we used them inefficiently. What would you be wasting? Sunshine, Wind, Tidal, Wave, Hydrogen from Rain Water, or Seawater? We need to stop wasting time and money on stupid baby steps like changing light bulbs. We need to go directly to Hydrogen, Solar, and Wind, zero emissions and energy abundance, and stop killing the Planet or ourselves with pollution, then argue about efficiency later. Rather than finding ways to continue to pollute ourselves, slightly less efficiently.
I agree with other people, that instead of burning carbon we should be getting the carbon out of methane, when you get the hydrogen out of it, and make stuff out of that carbon, like tennis rackets, golf clubs, and car bodies. You can also buy carbon fiber shoes right now on the internet. So we all should have the goal of living zero emission, energy independent, energy abundant lives, so we can stop worrying about our emissions, and start wearing carbon fiber shoes and making REAL CARBON FOOTPRINTS!
To help manifest such a future I'm suggesting that Bono wear Carbon Fiber Boots when he says, Get Your Boots On!
I'm talking about inviting the world to go all the way with their intention to save the planet and to Go Clear! That is, go all the way to 100% zero emission and 100% energy independence, by converting their cars to burning hydrogen or driving a hydrogen fuel cell cars, and power their homes with Solar panels, Wind generators, and residential Hydrogen fuel cells.
It's possible to live this way and has been for decades already. We just have to decide to live Clearly. Then demand these technologies from our Governments and businesses, because it's the true defense of every nation. The survival of Humanity and the Planet depends on it.
You can read more details about my ideas on this issue in my book, Ideas to Save the Planet.
Please see my Table of Contents and the chapter:
Go All the Way and “Go Clear” Instead of Only “Going Green,” Because It’s More Effective in Saving the Planet
