Lauding Quezon City and other cities banning plastic bags

lookit all the germs in the article below.  yucccch!
plastic is forever.  read'em and weep,

the only thing i worry about using those paper bags are the trees they are felling to make into paper. but that's another post, for another day.


Click here to read the germ-ridden-consequences-of-plastic-bag-bans

Renewable Energy

The Philippines is a tropical country, with lots of sunshine - and let us face it - the country is extremely hot these days.  With climate change, the situation has only exacerbated.  Temps are climbing higher.  Why cant we harness our weather and parlay it into cheaper, okay, less expensive power?  Why cant the government - say through agencies like SSS or GSIS offer loans so that the regular houseowner can afford to install solar power.  

we can put the solar cells on our roofs, and use the energy those generate for our home use.  Any excess can be sold to the power company.  there is a location in Japan (i cant find my bookmark in my pc!) that has implemented this strategy.  Very symbiotic. a win-win.

in a study we made, no - not an extensive one - since most of the Sakonits have regular job hours and cant pursue all of our ideals, we figured the major cost lies in the generator .... to store the energy generated by the sun.  the solar cells by themselves is not that expensive.

well, of course the power company would have less income, right?  is this what is stopping support for solar? betch by golly wow, it better NOT be.  we have to stop depending on fossil fuels.  

am i shouting uselessly to the world? better than be silent and allow chaos to take over without a fight.

then, we'd have a worst case .... and we arent skilled yet with terraforming like in StarTrek

Click here to read 3-conservative-friendly-reasons-to-support-solar

Comments on the End of the World post by Conrad de Quiros

i read his take on the Philippine Daily Inquirer today about the Mayan End of the World prophecy.  there are, of course, many end-of-the-world prophecies but few prophecies have a track record of sorts.

click here for the post of Conrado de Quiros

The Mayan prophecy has a track record of true prophecies, or so they say.  But still, it is one of those remarkable ones that it singles out a date, and the date is verifiable by different experts.  Fascinating, Spock might say.  And it truly is, for me.

Still, the physicality of the world has changed much.  One need only point out the climate changes apparent to any person who is aware of himself and the world around him.  One who is not just thinking of himself and what he can get out of this world - during his oh-so-brief existence.  Earthquakes, frequent now.  Hurricanes and tornadoes in places where they havent occurred before.  Icebergs melting.  The signs of change are rampant.

Religious figures have warned of end-of-the-world, too.  Lucia of Fatima, for example.  St. Bridget of Sweden. One of the caveats is that if we - the people of this earth - can change, then we can avert disaster.

I agree with Conrado de Quiros's statement below although he says it differently.  Man is truly unique.  He can do the greatest good and yet, also do the greatest evil.  May Man in general do his greatest good.

"I may not believe in the predictability of the Mayan calendar and the Bible, but I do believe in the unpredictability of human nature. Good question to ask: What does it take for all of us to catch up with the reality of a threatened world?

The end of the world?"

The Sky is Falling

Remember this little ditty that was the refrain of Chicken Little?

Well, ladies and gentlemen, lapis and fountain pens

The Sky is Falling.  Climate Change is upon us - all of us.  Not just people in the USA, or people in Europe, or other far-flung places, but here - on the street where we live.

I am not a calling doom soothsayer.  But doom, as Frodo said to his faithful Sam, is upon us.  The moment of Choice.  Now. This moment.  Not tomorrow.  Choose wisely. Choose correctly.  For Chaos is an unforgiving entity.  Already the ice has receded by 18%.  Dont believe me.  Read about it. Google it. see the pictures for yourself. 

read about animals needlessly dying.

let us each do something, no matter how small. Even if it is just your garbage and recycling.