Unemployed Day # too many to count ...

I feel like I am getting an education on things that people already knew 150 years ago.

Here is a list of the blatantly obvious things our society is having a hard time coming to terms with lately:

1. Relying so heavily on fossil fuels is expensive
2. Relying so heavily on fossil fuels gives power to bad guys
3. Relying so heavily on fossil fuels as fertilizers to grow our food is unhealthy
4. We feed enough grains to animals we raise for meat to feed the world many times over
5. We eat too much of our food in the processed form thereby not consuming enough nutrients.
6. We should eat more raw fruits and vegetables.
7. We should eat locally so we don't waste fossil fuels and we support our community.
8. We should choose organic so we don't eat fossil fuels.
9. Living in a community where you can walk everywhere saves energy.
10. We consume too many empty calories.
11. We should exercise more.
12. We should spend more time in nature.
13. We should spend more time eating and drinking with friends than watching TV or sitting in front of the computer.

All these things apply to me personally. Maybe they apply to you. How far do you commute to work and how much money do you waste to do so? How much fossil fuel? Do you know your neighbors? Where does the majority of the food you consume come from? South America in the Winter? Pork from the East Coast? Did you know some Pork factory farms create more sewage waste than New York, California, and Washington combined? What do they do with all that pig waste? Is it worth it to eat large amounts of meat when it wastes so much food and fossil fuel and creates so much pollution?

It's funny I say that because I have been a vegetarian my whole life and I have recently decided to consume a little meat. There is no doubt about the nutritional value offered by fish and chicken.

But I hope everyone continues to think about our place in the world. Not as members of the greatest country on Earth ... surely we are free, open, and accepting. But we are all world people.

Disregard the hype.