A wet baby and changeQuestPoint

We are a nation of cliches. Here are a few…A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. A stitch in time saves nine (?) ….and the only person that likes change is a wet baby.This last one may very well be true most of the time, yet I can’t help but recall my sister’s reaction upon smelling the pungent scent of her toddler son’s pants and asking…”sweetheart do you need to change your diaper?” He very properly replied…no thank you. He had gotten used to mushing around in those stinky diapers. She changed them anyway, but it proves a point…people can get used to anything…even when the need for change is so apparent.

US Attorney General, Eric Holder has begun a criminal probe into the undersea oil volcano gusher created by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. This story just underscores the need for a sensible and enlightened energy policy that doesn’t depend on digging up dead dinosaur bones. It was over thirty years ago during the energy crises of the 70′s that President Jimmy Carter got a whiff of what was going on and laid out a plan to change our nations’ dirty energy diapers.

President Jimmy Carter

But here we are now and are our fellow citizens in Louisiana are crying for change. Things may very well get worst, if we don’t have leaders who are willing to make the changes we need – even if we’ve gotten too comfortable and aren’t sure what to do it. Electric vehicles, solar, wind, wave and a myriad of sustainable ventures offer a renewable and far less dangerous solution to what is currently going on.

Many of the oil/energy companies do have solar divisions and wisely so; including BP which did have a solar manufacturing facility in Maryland. It closed it down in late March 2010 citing increased costs even though it posted a 26% sales increase over last year and industry trade associations predicting positive growth in the years ahead.

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Electric Vehicles

Telsa Toyota Team

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Transforming ourselves – Transforming our Energy
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Author, National Talk Show Host

Thom Hartmann

Was the Gulf Oil Disaster a Result of a BP BigWhig Party?

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The Hub Soma Opens

Hub SoMa Launch Celebration

On Thursday May 27th, 2010 Hub SoMa had an opening celebration. Focused around the concept of “radical collaboration,” the event featured vignettes by Valerie Casey of the Designers Accord , Tim Freundlich and Alex Michel from Hub Bay Area, and Alexa Arena of Forest City .- each discussed local and global forms of collaboration for social and environmental impact.

Events like this one just keep exposing why San Francisco and the Bay Area is on the forefront of trend setting movements. The people in attendance were thrilled to be there and learn about Hub Bay Area. The space has a unique design and located in the San Francisco Chronicle Building. The Hub is a coworking space, event series, and professional toolset for changemakers! Now located in San Francisco and Berkeley, and 22 international locations across 5 continents. To learn more go to: http://bayarea.the-hub.net/public/

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