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earth day

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Happy Earth Day!

It's a really beautiful day. The sky is so clear and sunny. I woke up feeling sick from the lupus this morning, but as soon as I went out for a walk- I felt so much better. It was great to sit outside in the breeze.

In recent years, the current presidential administration hasn't seemed to put the environment as much of a public policy priority as they really should have (I don't mean to single out the most recent one entirely- many leaders didn't care that much). Hopefully, that trend will reverse. There are so many interesting ideas out there to use new technologies that would combat polution, sustain our fossil fuels, and improve the quality of resources around the world. I hope greed and shortsightedness won't thwart this.

There is a lot that can't be undone, but there is still the possibility that we can turn things around for the better (if only we make it a priority).
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  1. metalpeter ·

    It is my belief that there are a few reasons why canidates don't mention the environment. Firstly they belive that it isn't a big issue for voters. It also isn't a moral issue. Meaning there is no good or bad to it. But I think one other reason is that there are so many interest groups invovled. You have all the money from the oil companies. I'm not only attacking big oil but all big companies. For example what about recycling. Whey can't all us companies that use boxes be forced to recycle cardboard instead of throwing it in with the other trash. Why arn't there big incentives for companies to use recycled cardboard and paper. That brings up another point. I think a lot of those issues might be state issues and not federal. But maybe the most important reason is that as imporant as an issue the enviroment is, no one really has fun talking about it or debating it so no one talks about it. Again this is just my own theory, maybe some other will add there own points as comments also.

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