Hype or Hope?
Is the green movement hype or hope? If you ask anyone who invested in Bio-fuel, the answer is HYPE. If you ask the farmers who are reaping the financial rewards of planting more corn than has ever been planted in the United States, HOPE. What do I think? HORRENDOUS.
Just as the world is starting to wake up to the idea that we’re killing our planet, backsliding in life span for the first time in history and becoming a homogenized, plasticized world where it’s all the same, all a shame - they came in droves. Organic opportunists. Never mind that planting all that corn causes a nitrogen run-off that is ruining our ocean forever or that only a small fraction of the corn actually ends up as fuel. High fructose corn syrup is ruining our Nation’s health and I’m supposed to believe that corn is our redeemer? Not in my lifetime.
The tiny little band-aid that the world is running to put on the eco-hemorrhage we’ve created is preposterous. Like trying to empty the ocean with a spoon, business is running hard, creating distractions that lead us all to believe that it’s all going to be OK. We can fix this! We’re the best! The problem is that the planet doesn’t read the newspaper, or listen to the TV and she really doesn’t care about your stock options, only her own stock.
As a Country, we love the quick fix. The answer is that there is no quick answer to our eco-crisis. Everything in nature and on this planet is connected. If you tug on corn, you’ll unravel the ocean. If you on pull the thread of all the pseudo-saving planet protectors, it becomes more clear each day. There are two types of eco-advocates. Pirates and pioneers.
