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There is indisputable evidence that the earth is heating up, glaciers are melting, oceans are rising and the weather is becoming more severe. If you plan to live for at least a few more decades and you are not concerned about this, it might time to start.

Not to get all apocolyptic on you, but Sloan and I went to hear Granger Morgan speak before the Focus the Nation webcast. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, too many people were interested in finding out how we can prevent the destruction of our species, many other species and our planet. The webcast crashed. Fortunately, Granger Morgan is sufficiently entertaining and informative to listen to for a while longer, so he entertained some additional questions, in lieu of the webcast. I do urge you to follow the link to Focus the Nation and see what they have to say.

Here's the breakdown. We need to reduce CO2 emissions by 2% a year until 2050. Energy production is a big part of this. And this basically means that we are burning too much dirty coal. Riding your bike to work is not enough. I would suggest attending some teach-ins tomorrow, and possibly wearing more hemp. But seriously, the gears in my tiny brain are turning on this issue, and I foresee much googling and attending of free CMU lectures in my future. Stay tuned.