Tackling Climate Change

Climate change is a serious problem, along with habitat loss, pollution, etc.  All of these are sort of tied together.  The more we pollute the oceans and cut down the forests, the less carbon dioxide absorbers there will be, while at the same time we are submitting more carbon dioxide then ever.  This makes the problem twice as bad.  For those who say, there are plenty of trees left in the rest of the world, think about how many trees there used to be, before we became the dominant species on the planet.  The entire east cost of the US was covered in forest.  The way it used to be was the balanced state, and without all the extra emissions we are giving off.

I think the United States should lead the way in this effort, partly because we are one of the major contributors of the problem.  Also because our change can show the rest of the world that this is possible and that we are taking the initiative to fix it.  I truly believe that the rest of the world will follow if we are able to do this.  When sputnik was launched, did the US give up and drop out of the space race, because we were behind, or because the odds were against us.  No, we rallied together as one Nation to take on the challenge and win.  Due to this we started creating the world we live in.  If we had not done this, we may not have had, cell phones, Internet, etc.  Imagine everything hardwired, it would be quite a different life.

Currently the US is getting beat by most of the world in this challenge, and why not see at climate change as a challenge, between the US and the rest of the world.  The company that leads this effort will be profitable.  Solar electric sales have been double for the past decade, the growth has been exponential, and guess who has been the leader, not us, we used to be, Germany has taken the lead in this by a great amount.  Where do you see the most energy efficient buildings, Germany?  We are getting beat, do we not think of ourselves as the greatest country in the world, well this is no longer the case, when other countries are doing things better then we are.  What car companies are not suffering, the Japanese, I wonder how much of this has to do with their commitment to fuel efficiency.  Lets embrace this challenge and I believe this can change our current problems with the rest of the world and our economy.