We are a nation of cliches.
Here are a few...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
A stitch in time saves nine (?)..
..
and the only person that likes change is a wet baby.
This last one may very well be true most of the time, yet I can't help but recall my sisters' reaction upon smelling the pungent scent of her toddler sons' pants and asking...
"sweetheart do you need to change your diaper?" He very properly replied...
no thank you.
He had gotten used to mushing around in those stinky diapers.
She changed them anyway, but it proves a point...
people can get used to anything...
even when the need for change is so apparent.
US Attorney General, Eric Holder has begun a criminal probe into the undersea oil volcano gusher created by BP in the Gulf of Mexico.
This story just underscores the need for a sensible and enlightened energy policy that doesn't depend on digging up dead dinosaur bones.
It was over thirty years ago during the energy crises of the 70's that President Jimmy Carter got a whiff of what was going on and laid out a plan to change our nations' dirty energy diapers.
But here we are now and are our fellow citizens in Louisiana are crying for change.
Things may very well get worst, if we don't have leaders who are willing to make the changes we need - even if we've gotten too comfortable and aren't sure what to do it.
Electric vehicles, solar, wind, wave and a myriad of sustainable ventures offer a renewable and far less dangerous solution to what is currently going on.
Many of the oil/energy companies do have solar divisions and wisely so; including BP which did have a solar manufacturing facility in Maryland.
It closed it down in late March 2010 citing increased costs even though it posted a 26% sales increase over last year and industry trade associations predicting positive growth in the years ahead.
Making a positive change, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation Akio Toyoda, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Motors Elon Musk and Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado to announce a historic new partnership that will be based in Fremont at the recently closed NUMMI plant.
Toyota announced it will invest $50 million in Tesla Motors and will partner with Tesla to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs).
The new venture will benefit Californias' economy and environment.
Tesla will acquire the NUMMI plant in Fremont and begin production of its Model S EV in 2012.
The venture could create more than 1,000 green jobs in California.
Here are a few...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
A stitch in time saves nine (?)..
..
and the only person that likes change is a wet baby.
This last one may very well be true most of the time, yet I can't help but recall my sisters' reaction upon smelling the pungent scent of her toddler sons' pants and asking...
"sweetheart do you need to change your diaper?" He very properly replied...
no thank you.
He had gotten used to mushing around in those stinky diapers.
She changed them anyway, but it proves a point...
people can get used to anything...
even when the need for change is so apparent.
US Attorney General, Eric Holder has begun a criminal probe into the undersea oil volcano gusher created by BP in the Gulf of Mexico.
This story just underscores the need for a sensible and enlightened energy policy that doesn't depend on digging up dead dinosaur bones.
It was over thirty years ago during the energy crises of the 70's that President Jimmy Carter got a whiff of what was going on and laid out a plan to change our nations' dirty energy diapers.
But here we are now and are our fellow citizens in Louisiana are crying for change.
Things may very well get worst, if we don't have leaders who are willing to make the changes we need - even if we've gotten too comfortable and aren't sure what to do it.
Electric vehicles, solar, wind, wave and a myriad of sustainable ventures offer a renewable and far less dangerous solution to what is currently going on.
Many of the oil/energy companies do have solar divisions and wisely so; including BP which did have a solar manufacturing facility in Maryland.
It closed it down in late March 2010 citing increased costs even though it posted a 26% sales increase over last year and industry trade associations predicting positive growth in the years ahead.
Making a positive change, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation Akio Toyoda, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Motors Elon Musk and Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado to announce a historic new partnership that will be based in Fremont at the recently closed NUMMI plant.
Toyota announced it will invest $50 million in Tesla Motors and will partner with Tesla to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs).
The new venture will benefit Californias' economy and environment.
Tesla will acquire the NUMMI plant in Fremont and begin production of its Model S EV in 2012.
The venture could create more than 1,000 green jobs in California.