The People We Have Been Waiting For - New York Times
Another article from Friedman on global warming, but this one sounds a note of hope. Friedman shares recent initiatives led by Google and college and grad students at MIT and elsewhere to develop new sources of energy.
My favorite line, of course, is the last, which is a quote from a student website: "We are the people we have been waiting for." If we are to conquer this challenge - and the closely related one of peak oil - we must be the people we have been waiting for. We all must be willing to sacrifice and invest in order to create the future for ourselves and our children that we want and deserve. But we must act now and we must believe that it is urgent, important, and possible. I'm sick and tired of people giving this cause lip service and then going out and buying an SUV or putting enough Christmas lights on their house and front lawn that they can be seen from space...
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