Saturday, March 21, 2009

American Consumerism

Do a quick search on Google on Americas population and the resources it consumes and you see that we have 5% of the worlds population yet consume 25% of the worlds recourse's. Furthermore obesity is a rising problem that's confronting Americans today. The reason I bring this up is because I want people to see just how good we have it here regardless of the economic condition. Just like the dogs and cats that have become so domesticated that they would die without humans, Americans to have become domesticated.



Think about the birth of America, when there were no stores, no refrigerators, microwaves, washing-machines, Internet, phones, or T.V.. When founding this country our for fathers had to carve civilization out of ruff untamed wild and many died in the process. And why did they die? Because they craved the freedom that was available to them no where else on earth at the time. They wanted a place to call their own and to raise their children far from the oppression of tyrannical kings and queens.



But I digress, America has it easy, we are the military super power of the world, we own massive homes, multiple cars, and make at least 30 dollars a day compared to third worlds dollar a day. Know it may seem impossible for anyone to live off of only a dollar a day but the truth is that Billions of people around the world do just that, I myself am one of those people. I know first hand all the excess that Americans believe they need to "live."



Here is a quick exercise: Add up all the money you make in a month then subtracts from that the bills you pay for "living expenses" and bills. Insurance, rent, food, electricity, gas, loans, heating, and the list can go on. What I hope you realize after doing this is how much you are getting ripped off, how much you are paying for that you don't really need. Think about it... how much money do you make working for the rich for yourself and for them? How much of that money that you get goes strait back into the hands of the rich? I let you think about that.

Friday, March 13, 2009

A Crap-laod of energy!

The other night I was thinking to myself before I slipped into sleep and a question came to my mind: is it possible to turn human waste (aka, poop) into fuel? The answer is yes.



There are about 6.76 billion people on the planet, think of how much poop energy that would be if we were to harvest it all.



The process is very simple and can be used for everything!

Imagine if we were to combine this technology with Algae bio-fuel: we would never have to worry about energy again. Furthermore all the jobs created, the money saved, and not to mention the environmentally friendly practices we all benefit from.

Unfortunately not enough people know about these technologies because the oil and energy companies want to make a profit. So it's our duty to spread the word and make sure people know about the possibilities that are available to them. Because it is entirely possible that people in the near future (with the use of the aforementioned technologies) will be able to create their own fuel and energy for almost no cost at all. The only cost would be the initial cost of set up and the occasional maintenance required with all things.

Friday, March 6, 2009

To many doomsday prophecies

As I take a look at the world and the people in it I ask myself what does the future hold. Why? Because too many people just don't care what the hell is going on in the world and if they say that they do care they do nothing to show that they do. For years now we have been all told that if we continue down the path that we have been their will be no more future to worry about. Yet everyone seems completely uncaring and happy to just accept whatever might happen in the future as if it will never happen.

Here’s my dilemma: do I just let people continue messing up the world we have to live in or do I yell in their face “THE WORLDS GOING TO SHIT YOU IDIOT, WHY ARE JUST DOING NOTHING?” Seriously what do I do? On one hand I don’t alienate people but they just casually continue in their stupor, the other I alienate people and they think I’m just some crazy.

And this is where my problem comes from; we are now living in an age of information overload. There is so much to take in that we’ve learned to just tone out all the stuff that isn’t interesting. Furthermore there are so many crazies out there who have been going on about the end of the world and conspiracy theories that we no longer take anything seriously anymore, just like the boy who cried wolf.

Stack this all on-top of the fact that modern life is so hectic that most don’t even have enough time to stop and wipe and it’s no wonder people are doing nothing. Sadly as long as we continue to do nothing and let big business run wild destroying whatever they want just for profit we are doomed. So I’m calling you out, we can ether do nothing and continue down this path of disparity or we can be something and fight to save the future.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

What I hope to accomplish in D.C.

Today it's almost impossible for the common working class American to get his voice herd in Washington D.C. and all too easy for big business to influence laws for their own benefit and profit. When it comes to government all we average Americans can do is choose form a list of preselected politicians to vote for and send letters with fingers crossed hoping that they get read with the attention that they disserve. Big business on the other hand donates millions to the politicians they want elected, hire lobbyists, and ultimately have direct access to the people who run our county. This is why no party is better than the other because they both are corrupt and they both have done scandalous disingenuous things that are ultimately done because it meant better profit for big business.

Look no further than the current headlines in the news for the evidence of these goings-on: the bailouts. The whole world is in the deep end of economic depression but for some reason billions of dollars are given out to the richest people who already have money. Furthermore these people are the ones who are responsible for us being in trouble in the first place; they’ve robed the common people so much that no one has any more money to spend. So now that they’ve drained our wallets they head to the capitol to stick their thieving paws into our tax dollars. All this while we the common working class citizens sit back helpless unable to have any say in government…

I hope that you can see clearly why exactly it is that I want to get to D.C. even if it is just to yell at corrupt politicians and lobbyists.