The Company We Keep

Wow. I see that minuscar provided a link to my blog. I'm honored. If I were you, however, I would pay attention to some of the other links provided there. All you'll find here are a bunch of shitty first drafts from a guy trying to find his voice in the world. That's about it. Really.

I write because I found a powerful statement there. Here 'tis...

The MinusCar Project exists because I believe people that think that the globe is warming because of human activity, specifically carbon emitting human activity, might be right. Because I think they might be right, I think humans need to change. And because I think humans need to change, I think I need to change.

The last part 'got' me. This part:

I think humans need to change. And because I think humans need to change, I think I need to change.

I couldn't get away from that statement. It got inside my head and wouldn't leave me alone, demanding either a different set of beliefs or a change of behavior. I recently wrote an article about that change. In the process, I learned something.

Writing and wrestling with ideas strenghthens me. Putting it down, stripping it to the bones, enlarges my life. Fertilizer for change?

(shitty first drafts as fertilizer - ok, that's just wrong)

I need to change more than my carbon footprint, but in the spirit of keeping track of the carbon footprint for this past week...

A/C - two nights
Car miles 4.6