| There is a global economic meltdown in progress that | | | | but WANTED, and therein is the catalyst for the |
| shows no sign of letting up. There is no light at the | | | | economy of the world. |
| end of the tunnel! | | | | Soon the majority of us will wake up to the fact |
| Millions have lost their jobs in the U.S. and all around | | | | that we can no longer afford these extravagances, |
| the world, mostly because of corporate greed and | | | | as the poorest segments of the population have |
| life styles that have been unrestrained and out of | | | | always known. This realization will spell the end of |
| control for decades. | | | | consumerism as we know it, and many millions more |
| Americans wrote the book on excess as long ago as | | | | will be unemployed. |
| the post-world war II era, and we have carried the | | | | Fewer jobs will equate to fewer tax dollars, which will |
| rest of the world, [quite willingly] down the rabbit-hole | | | | equate to fewer government projects, meaning |
| of the "me" philosophy. | | | | fewer jobs, and the economy spirals downward to |
| We have gone through recession before, always | | | | heaven knows what level. |
| knowing that the end would come in months or, at | | | | There are many things we can do to reduce our |
| the most, a year or two, but that was then, and this | | | | dependence on government, the economy, and |
| is now, and now is a bad time, indeed for the | | | | corporations that employ so many of us, but the |
| economic outlook of the entire world. | | | | most immediate, [and easiest] thing should be energy |
| The entire industrialized world has based its economy | | | | independence. |
| on consumerism for so long that we have "eaten" a | | | | Power plants are responsible for a very high |
| great deal of the planet! We have consumed for the | | | | percentage of the air pollution in the world, which |
| sake of consumption and the economy has always | | | | causes global warming, the most challenging crisis |
| been robust because of it. | | | | facing the planet today. |
| Watch a few hours of television and you will see | | | | You can break your ties to the giant energy |
| dozens of ads. Take stock of the content of those | | | | conglomerates that hold our comfort for ransom |
| ads and you will realize that the vast majority are | | | | each month by generating your own power through |
| selling totally unnecessary things, things not needed, | | | | solar and wind generation. |