So yesterday they ran a program on the new green

[nadinbrzezinski]

on the discovery channel... hosted by no less than Tom Friedman

There were three things that were striking in the program (never mind that it did have useful information in it and quite a bit of it)

Did you know that George bush was pro windmill before anybody else, as governor of Texas? (Yep an effort to rehabilitate the boy king, after all the Governor of Texas doesn't have that much power... but it will look good to a nation that doesn't know that tidbit)

Wall mart is embracing the green revolution, and for once the reason Friedman gave made sense even in the world is flat kind of mentality. It is not because they are nice and hippie looking, but boy oh boy the savings in building energy efficient buildings translate to the bottom line. (Ok I could buy that one and if they go green because of that... sure the more power to them)

Oh and the last organization going green... the US Military... again the reason made sense, they have found how vulnerable supply lines are, and in fact it is surprising an M1 Abrans cannot run on just about anything. Them going green will mean R&D, and transfer to civie economy sooner or later, like the space program

The program, with its caveats, is worth watching. Mostly, when you have somebody like Tom Friedman (of the World is Flat) talking of this... you know change is in the air.

It will encore tomorrow at the Discovery channel... so if you have a chance, worth the time

[Warpy]

1. First time I ever saw a wind farm

was 1989, just west of Oklahoma City, not in the hippie dippie areas.

It was noisier than I expected, but it's the kind of noise that recedes into the background after a couple of days and certainly wasn't at a dangerous level.

Back east at that time, the ideal was a home wind driven generator.

[lies and propaganda]

2. makes sense, Oklahoma is about the damn widiest place ever.

But all of Shrubs little mansion/ranch is green. Its alsways been something slightly confusing to me..

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Wel as your moniker states

that little thing about bush were lies and propaganda

[Subdivisions]

4. All this seemingly sudden talk of going green...

Earth Day notwithstanding. There seems to be a push lately towards alternative energy and fuel development and investment. I'm sure it's at least partly in response to more acceptance that global warming is occuring and, of course, where there is potential for profit...

But I'm seeing a more subtle message with perhaps an even more ominous tone. There seems to be a publicity campaign promoting the conservation of oil and natural gas. A little while ago there was "PSA" (quotes because the word manipulation may also apply here) which I paraphrase thusly:

"The energy industry encourages you to use oil and natural gas responsibly. Conservation of energy resources will ensure a brighter future for all of us."

Could there be some correlation between the surge in Green and the more subtle message encouraging conservation of our energy resources? In other words, are we running out of oil and gas?