Being “green’ ain’t easy. You have to think about the products you buy and the trash you make, and take an inventory of the resources you consume. Then go a step further and consider the products, trash, and resources used by the manufacturers of your products and resources. It can get to be very time consuming.

On the Debate:

(This is not the point of this post, this paragraph is to give my perspective, hopefully it will make the point a little more pointed.) I’ve read the end of the story and I don’t see world ending because of too much of the wrong gas in the air. And, I know it won’t end because of flooding (caused by the melting of the ice caps). I know this because the world has been flooded before and there was a promise made to us by God that he wouldn’t destroy the earth again by flood. Genesis 9:13 “I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” I personally don’t think man has the ability to destroy this ear th. As for research in the area of climate change, their are as many “experts” on both sides of the issue. Some say the ice caps are melting, others say they are growing. Some say the temperature of the earth is rising and just as many say it is falling. And, I seriously doubt that Al Gore has some inside track on the subject, just a lot of free time and a need to be relevant in some way. Regardless of the side of the debate on which you fall, the story ends the same. Rev. 21:1 “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had passed away.”

Its a Matter of Resources:

(Here’s the point) I’m no tree hugger that’s for dang sure. For me, environmentalism is another matter altogether, a more tangible, less debatable matter of stewardship. Simply put, if I reduce the money I spend on my utilities then I can use that money in more productive areas.

I want to be off the grid. I want one of those houses that is heated and cooled passively but the sun and earth where rain is collected and used for watering the garden and grey water for the house. I’d love to go solar but that is way to expensive and building a wind generator is a close second in cost. We have an old drafty house. We spend a ton of money heating and cooling it. Before you think we go overboard the heat gets set on 62 and the air gets set around 78. I would love to seal the place up and we are trying. We both drive a lot, I traded my V8 for a V6 and we have no car payments. Other options may be an old diesel or a scooter but you can’t put a scooter on the highway. Maybe later when we’re in a better money position doing some of those things might be possible but for now we cut as many corners as we can and try to reduce what we use and reward manufactures that do the same.

Does anyone know of a practical DIY solar project or wind project or good ways to reduce dependence on the utilities or oil companies? I’ve searched online but a lot of the solutions are jankey at best. Maybe we can get together as a group and help each other find ways to lower our utility bills and reclaim some hard earned bucks.

As always, for freedom!