Progeny...

Hello all,
    No I didn't die, I was just consumed with finishing my manuscript.  Hopefully it will be in a book store near you soon.

   Now, to the point.  How many of you REALLY think about the future your children will inherit prior to actually having them?

   The world as we know it now, will not exist in fifty years.  You may choose not to believe it but sometimes fact's are painful.  Don't be overly panicked, the world probably won't go through an Armageddon like event but there will be changes to the world that not even technology will be able to overcome.

    The steps we should be taking now to lessen the dramatic effects of what's to come are fought by both Governments and private corporations vested in the status quo.  I am not anti carbon based energy, it is our (The US's) most bountiful energy resource, but contrary to what you see on TV we are not utilizing carbon sequestration technology and fracking for natural gas is not being monitored as it should due to deep cut's in the EPA's budget.  Science has proven through empirical data and peer review that climate change is real and it's not a matter of if it's cyclic or if we humans are doing it.  The issue we face is are we going to help or hinder this process?

   I don't think there is a conservative out there who thinks or will admit that climate change is real and won't do so until they walk out to their car and find that it's 110 degrees in winter in Michigan!  These people are so pro business and so anti revenue generation (via taxation) that they are blinded by what is glaringly apparent to any sane and reasonable person.

   That's the background, now back to the point, your children.  Do you know that of all the water on the planet, only 1% is fresh and drinkable.  That does not include desalinization plant's.  Florida and California both are utilizing this technology as well as other countries around the world.  Soon the north pole will have no ice covering during it's summer season which comes sooner and sooner each year, if you haven't notice.  Resources will begin to become more and more scarce and if you understand anything about supply and demand economics,
then you should understand that as demand for a scarce commodity rises, so does the price of said commodity.  Thankfully scientist's have discovered the reason for the European bee die off but as of yet they have no means of controlling the parasite from infecting the bees.  Bees are needed for pollination in case you were curious, without them our ability to grow food becomes nearly impossible.

   Now if you choose to have children, please be sure you can send them to college and maybe they can be part of the solution.  On the other hand if you're an idiot and married Betty Lou, your third cousin, please wear a condom.  Having kids for the sake of it, is out of fashion, it's not vogue and will only exacerbate an already sad state of affairs.
AMF...