The silver lining to high gas prices..

You know i often wonder what it will take for people to become more socially conscious to issues. I guess the rising gas prices shows at least one way to make people aware of something that needs to be addressed and thats to hit them where it hurts – in their pockets. The problem of gas emissions and the overall issue of global warming is something that until now was largely ignored or even purposefully added to by “supersize me” attitudes in America. Of course now i dont suppose to think that these people have become green warriors for the environment but hey i guess if this makes them look for more energy efficient vehicles and some support for alternate fuels for cars, well i think we should take what we can get. But for the over all issue it has brought some much needed attention.

I will say briefly that the issue of global warming is not clear cut, but it seems quite obvious that it is just the right attitude to have to take better care of the planet on which we inhabit. Also i hear counter arguments that the cars that emit less gas and fumes create more pollution in the creation stages. There is always going to be something in this argument, i mean look at the side effects of the bio diesel fiasco. Of course the rising corn price is not soley the fault of the bio diesel efforts but it is certainly not helping. Over all i feel there is no clear cut option of: this is the right thing to do and this is the wrong. What we can hope and strive toward is a change in the hearts and minds of people to be not only aware of the issues but to actively take part in trying to work toward a better solution. Awareness is a big step, so for that high gas prices i say bravo!