Ok, so I recently read an online story about how cows are screwing up the Ozone because there are so many of them and they are burping and farting and, well, BREATHING too much, and emitting methane gas. Are you kidding me here? They've recently developed a Gas-X supplement to give the cows to cut down on their gaseosness...so they will fart and burp less. WTF???
We have the fucking government blaming the ginormous hole in the OZone layer on gassy cows now? Come on. What a ridiculous stunt to continue to move the focus of the people away from the petroleum dependency of the world to farting cows. So, the idea of the electric car was killed years ago, after GM had perfected it. Why? Because dealing in petrol is just too lucrative to end it, and if the electric car became affordable, and the general public was able to purchase them, like VCR's and then DVD players, then the need for global dependency would diminish. I mean, if we could create electric and solar powered vehicles (of which I'm already convinced we have, and have squashed the research) then we could eliminate, in totality the need for petroleum period. We could use solar and wind power...we could filter sludge, we could ultimately live harmoniously with our environment, and create new economies as we clean up the shit we've done to the planet over the past 200 years plus. OHHHHH WAIT!! Then the ruling few would fall from power because the new generation that created these new methods of empowering without dependency or pollution would perhaps not be from the select few. Imagine, I forgot about all that money. Silly me.
Notice that as a people and a government, we've talked about liberating ourselves from the petroleum problem for almost 30 years now. Nuclear energy would replace it, wind power would replace it, or solar power, or ethanol, or any number of other viable alternatives. Yet here we are, 2007, and not a stitch closer to becoming free. The government talks a good line, and then assures it's good buddies in the petroleum industry and oil cartels that nothing will happen. They'll ensure and guarantee that nothing will change.
It's like my story about Hemp. The Declaration of Independence is written on hemp paper. Why? It's more durable, it's archival, and as a plant, it is naturally pest and disease resistant. So Centuries ago, it was decided to outlaw in favor of cotton and tree based fibers and papers. Why? Cotton is incredibly susceptible to diseases and pests, and regular paper breaks down rapidly. Therefore they create INDUSTRY. Pesticides must be created, more paper must be created to replace that which breaks down. More seed must be sold to account for the plants that won't survive. Fungicides and other control methods must be created and sold. Much more lucrative than hemp, which from a single crop can produce both fabric and paper, as well as a bevy of other useful product, and NO, I'm not talkin bout BUD either.
So my rant for today is - why do we allow ourselves as a people to be duped by the few? And, when we learn about the dupe, why do we refuse to take action to fix it? Or to hold those who duped accountable? It is my sincerest belief that those who dupe, those in government who dupe especially, do so because there is little to no accountability. And fewer consequences.
And, we are too lazy to do what is right, even too lazy to get mad enough to change. Well, I guess cows are notoriously languid creatures....
And just perhaps, as we grow fat, content, and languid...we find that we have all been neutered as we looked the other way.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/13/tech/main558572.shtml
