Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

This post is a slight deviation from my male-only issues format because it cover us all. Nevertheless I thought I would share this essay with everyone.

“FROM ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,” WE CAME OUT OF THE DIRT OF THE EARTH AND WE SHALL RETURN TO IT. WE ARE CARBON-BASED BEINGS, MADE OF THE SAME BY-PRODUCT AS DIRT. THERE IS VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND ALL CARBON-BASED MATERIALS.

All life on this planet is carbon-based. Carbon forms the backbone of biology for all life on earth. Since we are a by-product of the earth, we require the same natural resources to sustain our mortal lives as all living things of the earth. We especially need oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen that come from a variety of resources. Carbon is able to bond with all these because of its four valence electrons. These are the outermost electrons of an atom, which are important in determining how the atom reacts chemically with other atoms. We literally grow from consuming these natural resources. As long as our flesh is alive we will need these resources. After we depart (die) all of what we became as carbon-based entities will return to that from which it came.

Imagine being born several years back. From the day you were born you started consuming carbon-based resources. At one point your load was very light; as you aged it became heavier. Just say you required only 50 units as a baby and now that you are older you require 100 units, for example. The exact amount we require in order to sustain life is far less than most of us use, especially those of us in America. I do believe we are the largest consumers of the world’s resources and we definitely are not the largest contributors to those resources. If you look at children today all across the nation you will see the effects of gorging off of the planet. There are lots of fat kids (carbon-based units) walking around with “excess, excess, excess” on their frames. It took a lot of carbon-based units to create that excess. In our children we see lots of waste.

If you walk through your home you may notice extra lights on that are not being used. You may turn the air conditioner up very high in order to cool the house down to a chill. You may run your shower several minutes unnecessarily before you actually start using it. Most people over-cook foods beyond what is healthy or necessary. We heat rooms that are not being used by anyone. We waste more natural resources than many countries have to use. Certainly we need to consider reducing our carbon footprints. The amount of excess units we use above and beyond what is necessary is the burden we are placing upon the planet. It has to supply our needs and continually reproduce more for us to glut.

Who thinks of such things? Certainly the earth feels the impact of our gluttony. It is surely suffering from our abuse. Since apparently there are enough resources to sustain our glut for a few generations to come; who cares when the earth starts to break down from our abuse? Very few seem to care about the needs of those who are our future. If generations removed into the future cries out and says, why didn’t our ancestors do a better job at being stewards of this planet, we won’t be there to suffer with them so, who cares? Are we that heartless? Are we that mindless? Do we not give a damn? All indications prove that we are all that heartless, and even worse.

Madam, Sir, would you please consider reducing your carbon footprint on this planet. Generations and generations that are yet to be born cry out for your mercy and your compassion. Do you even care???(((:- >((((