Here Are Some Things We Can Do About Climate Change... Drive Cars Less. Use Less Electricity. Breed Less. Stop Flying in Jet Airplanes!

But First... They Say "An Apple a Day Keeps The Doctor Away." Especially True If You Throw the Apple At The Doctor and Bonk Him On The Head! Then He Will #RUNAWAY

I Believe That WE WILL FAIL TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING... and the only Practical "Solution" will be to MOVE TO Canada... Or Alaska... Or Norway... Or Siberia... and When We Run Out Of Place To Go Farther NORTH, Six Billion People Will Die... BUT... The Two Billion Survivors WILL NOT BE CREATING AS MUCH AIR POLLUTION... and Global Warming will reverse...

If we don't take action now we will experience more Hurricanes and Forest Fires. BUT NOT ON THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... It's Safe Here... It's Cool and Rainy in Eureka... 

While increasing the miles per gallon is a good idea, we have increased the total output of exhaust pollution because we have increased the total amount of cars. AND... those cars are moving slower because of traffic jams.

A lot of driving is done by people commuting to work every day. By moving the office closer to home we all could drive less. For Example: Amazon is planning to build a new headquarters that will employ 50,000 people. They could build 10 new mini headquarters with 5,000 people each and locate those headquarters in the SUBURBS of cities.

We ought to transform our culture to celebrate the automobile less. For Example: When facing boredom, let's not automatically drive somewhere, looking for trouble... AND... Consider auto races. Thousands of people drive to the track to watch autos drive around in a circle... They never get anywhere... Our culture reveres automobiles. It's like a religion... and Motorcycles too... People form clubs where the entire goal is to take a drive... For example: The Hells Angels and hundreds of copy cat clubs. What if in the future we selected to do a different activity for fun? What if before we drive somewhere we consider not driving?

When I was a kid many people drove all over the country following the Grateful Dead [a rock and roll band] on tour. No one thought for a moment that burning gas was a problem. Well, we know now. Fortunately there are no rock bands that are talented enough to go on tour with now. All the great music was written 40 years ago.

Are you a member of the Jet Set? I am. However I have not flown in 20 years... It takes a great deal of jet fuel to operate a commercial jet airplane.  Maybe the lesson to be learned from 9/11 is to not fly in Jet Airplanes...

There still are about a hundred COAL fired power plants generating Electricity... Those power plants
throw an astonishing amount of air pollution into the sky. Increasing Global Warming due to Greenhouse Gasses. Even Natural Gas Power Plants Pollute the Air... Switching to Solar and Wind will help. Digging up coal and selling it to foreign countries does not help if they burn the coal. IT'S GLOBAL Warming. The air pollution goes into the atmosphere and the wind blows it around.

We can cut the amount of electricity used by simply unplugging those transformers that power modems, computers and cordless phones. Those little black boxes get warm... Even when the device they are plugged into is not being used. The trick is to plug everything into a power strip with an ON-OFF switch. When you are not using it, turn it off.

We could also cut electricity usage by moving illegal indoor marijuana farms outdoors into the sunlight. Indoor farms use grow-lights to simulate sunshine. That power consumption is enormous and it has to come from the power companies...

AND... all of our actions are made worse by the huge population. Actions that didn't matter when we had a population of ONE billion people becomes significant now that the population is SEVEN billion. Here is how to breed less. Use birth control. Some religions prohibit people from using birth control. Catholics and Muslims are famous for over breeding. Osama bin Laden's father had 54 children. That's just absurd... and dangerous for our planet.

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All of a Sudden NO ONE IS FLYING IN JET AIRPLANES. That's GREAT because Jets POLLUTE The AIR Causing Global Warming... Remember Greta Thunberg's Sailboat Ride to New York? She Refuses to Fly and Now... EVERYBODY REFUSES TO FLY.

Headline: Airlines could lose up to $113 billion in passenger revenue due to coronavirus, IATA says.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/05/coronavirus-iata-warns-passenger-revenue-could-fall.html

It seems like Everything about the Culture of the Internal Combustion Engine is Going Crazy these Days. Notice a TREND? Consider:
1. Global Climate Strike 9/20 and Shutdown Washington DC 9/23 Civil Disobedience - Traffic Block.  
2. Saudi Arabian Oil Refinery on Fire - Price of Oil Goes UP! 
3. UAW Labor Union Strike. 
4. Oil Tanker Hijacking in the Middle East. 
5. New Car Sales Down Nationwide. 
6. Global Warming Causes Wildfires in Alaska, Siberia, Brazil and Indonesia. 
7. Climate Change Causes Massive Hurricanes... Now Spawning Tornadoes! 
8. Endless Traffic Jams in Every City... Gridlock All Day Long... 
9. Gas Powered Leaf Blowers Outlawed in Many Cities... GET A Freaking RAKE! No Gas Required! 
10. Construction of the "BIG U" Dike in Manhattan, NYC to Prevent Flooding Due to Rising Sea Level. Real Estate becomes Worthless when the Streets are Under Water... 

Remember: When You Drive a Car, You Choke Greta Thunberg... 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/09/support-united-auto-workers-strike.html

Greta Thunberg met with Obama. Refuses to Meet Trump. Global Climate Strike 9/20 - Take Action! - Refuse to Go to Work. Refuse to Go to School. WE SHOULD HAVE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY EVERY YEAR ON 9/20... Like Earth Day or Christmas!

HEADLINE: Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg: 'You and me, we're a team' https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/barack-obama-greta-thunberg-climate-change/index.html

Former President Barack Obama on Monday met with Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as part of her visit to Washington, DC, to promote environmental issues.

"Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planet's greatest advocates," Obama tweeted after his meeting with Thunberg. "Recognizing that her generation will bear the brunt of climate change, she's unafraid to push for real action."
Thunberg established herself as a bona fide climate action figure after staging weekly sit-ins outside the Swedish Parliament, spawning a burgeoning movement of youth climate activists to hold their own protests in more than 100 cities worldwide.
She arrived in New York last month after sailing across the Atlantic to speak at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, which will take place on September 23. Thunberg traveled on a zero-emissions sailboat to reduce the environmental impact of her journey, according to a statement from her team.
Video of the meeting between Thunberg and Obama released by the Obama Foundation on Tuesday shows the former President asking Thunberg about recent climate strikes she participated in while she visited New York and Washington.
"Everyone is so nice and all of these young people seem so eager, very enthusiastic which is a very good thing," she said.
Before the two fist-bumped, Obama said to Thunberg: "You and me, we're a team."
While Obama championed addressing environmental issues while in office, President Donald Trump -- a longtime climate crisis denier -- has attempted to remove many of the policy guardrails installed by the Obama administration to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases.
In 2017, Obama lamented Trump for withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement, saying in a statement that the deal was intended to "protect the world we leave to our children."
Thunberg said in the Obama Foundation's video that creativity from young people is key.
"My message to young people who want to have an impact is to be creative," she said "There's so incredibly much you can do and to not underestimate yourself."

Auto Workers are Striking Today... Climate Activists Global Strike on 9/20... Eco-Warriors Plan to Shut Down the City of Washington DC on 9/23...

What can One Person DO to Participate in the STRIKE!  Refuse to Go To Work. Refuse to Go To School. Refuse to Drive a Car. Refuse to Fly in a Jet Airplane. Refuse to Run the Air Conditioner. Refuse to _________. (Fill in the Blank) - What You CAN DO Is: Take a Nap, Take a Walk, Skateboard, Dance, Write a Song and Play it on Your Guitar... Hug Your Friend... Look at a Tree... Breathe Deep... Swim... Go Surfing... Write a Story... Write a Poem... Play the Flute... and a Million Other Things... HOWEVER... Question Your Actions... ASK IF What You Do Is Harming Our Future... Think for Yourself... In Your Heart You Know What's Right!

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GM strike: Nearly 50,000 workers walk out at America's biggest automaker. 
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/gm-workers-strike-uaw-negotiations/index.html

How to Support the Global Climate Strike on 9/20. 
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-support-the-global-climate-strike-1838097431
How can I help?
If you want to strike, first, you should understand what it means for you and your job; depending on your occupation, like some state employees, a strike may be considered illegal. As Vice suggests, you might initially suggest to a supervisor to close their doors for the day (or even just a couple of hours) to honor the strike. “Probably this won’t be successful if you work for a large corporation like Chase Bank or Walmart,” Geoff Dembicki writes for Vice. “But small businesses like coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and clothing stores could be receptive. The same goes for medium-size office workplaces.”

Alternatively, use your lunch break to join a local demonstration; you should check out the Strike With Us’ website to find nearby events. Depending on your location, Climate Strike events might be taking place throughout the week, too. And if calling out sick is out of the question, you can donate to organizations like the US Youth Climate Strike (all proceeds will go toward future strikes and initiatives according to their GoFundMe page). And make a public statement of support on social media and help amplify the strike’s message.

Climate activists hope to bring U.S. capital to standstill on September 23.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-washingtondc/climate-activists-hope-to-bring-us-capital-to-standstill-on-september-23-idUSKCN1VW2B4
Environmental groups, including Extinction Rebellion, said on Wednesday they plan to shut down traffic in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 23 and bring daily life to a standstill to demand action by U.S. politicians on tackling climate change. 
The roughly 15 groups planning the protest include traditional environmental groups like 350 DC and Friends of the Earth Action, as well as groups that focus on other issues, such as Black Lives Matter and Code Pink, a women-led group promoting peace and human rights.

Kaela Bamberger, an activist aligned with Extinction Rebellion DC, said the coalition plans to ratchet up pressure on policymakers by shutting down traffic at major intersections because rallies, marches and petitions have not worked.

“This is definitely a next-level action. The urgency of climate change warrants such an attempt to disrupt business as usual... to make it impossible for people with decision-making power to go about their daily lives as if we are not in the climate emergency,” Bamberger said in an interview.

Support the United Auto Workers Strike! Refuse to Buy a New Car from General Motors! (As If Anyone Has Money to Buy a Car in this FAILED Trump Economy...)

It seems like Everything about the Culture of the Internal Combustion Engine is Going Crazy these Days. Notice a TREND? Consider:
1. Global Climate Strike 9/20 and Shutdown Washington DC 9/23 Civil Disobedience - Traffic Block.  
2. Saudi Arabian Oil Refinery on Fire - Price of Oil Goes UP! 
3. UAW Labor Union Strike. 
4. Oil Tanker Hijacking in the Middle East. 
5. New Car Sales Down Nationwide. 
6. Global Warming Causes Wildfires in Alaska, Siberia, Brazil and Indonesia. 
7. Climate Change Causes Massive Hurricanes... Now Spawning Tornadoes! 
8. Endless Traffic Jams in Every City... Gridlock All Day Long... 
9. Gas Powered Leaf Blowers Outlawed in Many Cities... GET A Freaking RAKE! No Gas Required! 
10. Construction of the "BIG U" Dike in Manhattan, NYC to Prevent Flooding Due to Rising Sea Level. Real Estate becomes Worthless when the Streets are Under Water... 

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Greta Thunberg is right ... ...but no one that has been indoctrinated into pursuing the "American Dream" will act, even after listening to her, until that dream is finally exposed and realized as the morally bankrupt farce it is; an earth and soul destroying delusion.

Younger people are learning by seeing how the natural world is being destroyed by the rich and powerful. Yet how empty are their lives. Although they seem to 'have it all' they are never satisfied and care little about hurting others or the natural world in their constant pursuit of even more riches and power.

That's why the young are reaching the point of saying, enough is enough, destroying. And are now attempting to get adults to wake up and do something about it.

Listen to little Greta make more sense than political and religious leaders, combined:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FwptXauY2is

PS: In Greta's defense, for any naysayers concerning her diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, see others with AS:

http://www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk/people.htm

Hans Aspergers (February 18, 1906 - October 21, 1980) was an Austrian pediatrician, after whom Asperger syndrome (AS) was named. He wrote over 300 publications, mostly concerning autism in children. --

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Greta Thunberg

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When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning! I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And - given the right circumstances- being different is a superpower.#aspiepower

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Buying Plastic Crap Does NOT Cause Ecstatic Dancing! It's TRUE! The Corporations That Make Plastic Crap WANT YOU TO BELIEVE That Lie but... I Have Tested this Theory. It Is Possible to Do Ecstatic Dancing in Clothes I Bought at The Thrift Shop. 

I Am Constantly Amazed that There are Businesses Like "The Real Real" That Sell to People Who WISH They Were Rich Trendy New Yorkers. A Friend of Mine was Wearing a Standard Shirt That Had (in GIANT LETTERS) "DKNY" - So I Asked Her What That Meant... She Said "Donna Karen New York" and Since I Had Never Heard that Name I asked Who is That? She Said: "A Famous Designer." It Seems to me that a BETTER Shirt would say "SZCA" Since her name was Sharon Z and She Lived in California... However I Did Not Tell Her That... I'm a Polite Person. I Would Never Satirize a Pathetic Dupe in Person. Unless they are Loudly Proclaiming That Jesus is the Only Way! Then, I am GLAD to Ridicule Those Mindless Vegetables. One Time I was attending a "Teach In" on Campus at College and... After the Event was Over I Asked The Man... "If You Believe That Premarital Sex Is A Sin, Doesn't That Reduce Your Chances of Getting Laid? He Admitted that Was True and Tried to "Spin" His Beliefs to Make Them Seem Wonderful... That Being a Virgin On Your Wedding Night was A Blessing... BOGUS! I Remember that Premarital Sex was a Blessing! and I'm Totally Glad I Did It... and I'm Totally Glad We Went to Planned Parenthood First So She Didn't Have a Baby in High School...  

This Brings Me To The TV SHOW "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." Danger-Danger Today They are Questioning IF They Should Buy a Gun For Protection! I Hope Their Followers DO NOT Buy a Gun Because... Having a Gun Makes You LESS SAFE. If You Add Up The Lives Lost to Increases in Successful Suicide, Increases in Gun Accidents and Increases in One Family Member Shooting Another During an Argument... That TOTALLY OUTNUMBERS the Lives Saved Protecting Your Family from "Bad Guys."

I Guess People Watch That Show Because It's Still On after a Couple of Years... I Have Heard That The People in That Show are Famous for Being Famous... I'm More Impressed by PEREZ Hilton... He is Famous for MOCKING Paris Hilton... Good Job PEREZ! Another TV Show That I Never Watch is "Jersey Shore." It's About Young People Arguing With Each Other While On Vacation... Why Would Anyone Watch THAT?  And Yet, I Know A Person That Says She Likes "Reality" Shows... and I Could Hear Arguing Coming Out of Her Phone. By The Way, A Kardashian Was Displaying Her Expensive Jewelry On TV ad Then She Got Robbed... Cause and Effect?

I Like Comedy Shows. Samantha Bee, Steven Colbert Monologues and John Oliver Make Me Laugh at Bizarro World Republicans. I Wonder IF There are Comedy Shows That MOCK Liberals? I Don't Think So... I Have on Occasion Watched FOX News and Those People Seem Angry All The Time... I Can Understand Why... Since Their Ideas Have Been Proven Wrong and Yet They Are Hired to Repeat Those Lies By Corporate Sponsors. It Must Be Unpleasant Work to Know That What You Say is False... and Yet, Day After Day Your Job is to Spread Insane Corporate Propaganda... That Must Cause Stress! 

CNN and MSNBC are NOT reporting about the Extinction Rebellion Protests in London... Their Corporate Masters Don't Want You to Know about 480 People Being Arrested in a Climate Change Protest... Fight Censorship... Write a Blog...

I assume that the reason Corporations that sell Cars, Prescription Drugs, Booze and Insurance do not see a Profit in Ecology... If you are a person that Drives a Car Less... there is no great incentive in Buying A Brand New Ram Tough Truck! With a Magic Folding Tailgate... Eco-Warriors ride the Bus... 

Headline: Greta Thunberg hopes to join climate protests during London visit.

Swedish 16-year-old, who is taking campaign to parliament, keen to be part of Extinction Rebellion action.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/19/greta-thunberg-hopes-to-join-climate-protests-during-london-visit-extinction-rebellion#img-1

Extinction Rebellion Protest London - 350.org - Greta Thunberg leads Student Walkout for the Climate

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/uk/extinction-rebellion-climate-protest-london-gbr-intl/index.html

Extinction Rebellion protesters begin blockade of central London... Ecology... In the End, it's the Only Thing that Matters... Wildfires in California, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Ice Melting in the Arctic... 

On Monday morning, a group of demonstrators with trees, plants and solar panels in tow barricaded Waterloo Bridge, one of five locations being targeted by environmental campaigners in the city as part of the protest, which is expected to continue for at least a week.
The demonstrations are part of a global campaign, orchestrated by British climate organization Extinction Rebellion, which includes rallies in at least 80 cities across more than 33 countries, demanding governments "take decisive action on the climate and ecological emergency."

https://350.org/

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/14/climate-change-swedish-teen-greta-thunberg-leads-worldwide-protest/3164579002/

The kid is all right: Friday's worldwide climate protest sparked by Nobel-nominated teen... 

It's been quite a week for 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist who was nominated on Wednesday for a Nobel Peace Prize.

On Friday, the streets took over, as tens of thousands of students in 112 countries turned out to join her call for action to combat climate change.

In the U.S. alone, some 100,000 young people were participating in at least 400 separate protests in all 50 states, organizers said. 

In Washington, around the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of students gathered Friday bearing signs saying “I Want You To Panic,” “Time is Ticking” and “It’s Our Future.”

Worldwide, the turnout for the "School Strike For Climate" protests at some 1,700 locations from Berlin, to Hong Kong and from New Delhi to the edge of the Arctic Circle.

Interview with Climate Activist Greta Thunberg on Democracy Now! TV News Show. She Spoke at the UN Climate Conference. Video of her Speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TYyBtb1PH4 

https://democracynow.org - As government ministers from around the globe gather in Katowice, Poland, for the final days of the 24th U.N. climate summit, we speak with 15-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, who denounced politicians here last week for their inaction on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. She has garnered global attention for carrying out a weekly school strike against climate change in her home country of Sweden. “We need to change ourselves now, because tomorrow it might be too late,” says Thunberg. We are also joined by her father, Svante Thunberg, a Swedish actor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTM2lrVZwlk
Greta Talking at UN Climate Summit.

Greta Thunberg is on a Climate Crisis Strike at School in Sweden. Why bother to learn anything in school if politicians won’t pay attention to the facts?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/01/swedish-15-year-old-cutting-class-to-fight-the-climate-crisis

I'm Glad Adults are Finally Listening to Me.

Following Sweden’s hottest summer ever, Greta Thunberg decided to go on school strike at the parliament to get politicians to act.

Why bother to learn anything in school if politicians won’t pay attention to the facts?

This simple realisation prompted Greta Thunberg, 15, to protest in the most effective way she knew. She is on strike, refusing to go to school until Sweden’s general election on 9 September to draw attention to the climate crisis.

Her protest has captured the imagination of a country that has been struck by heatwaves and wildfires in its hottest summer since records began 262 years ago.