Holiday odds and ends

My posting schedule has been horrible, for various reasons. So I thought I would do another one of my periodic rambling posts to let you know I am still out here in global warming land.

Things are looking good for addressing global warming, right? Our incoming President has aligned all of his initiatives to address the problem- down to a remake of the auto industry. He has announced nominations for appointments to positions that suggest innovation and a respect for the future. I am feeling really, really good about this, because not only do we have an ally, we have a practical one who wants solutions to work for the economy. We will not have shoes thrown at our leaders anymore. It's going to be good. My only concern is that Salazar as Interior Secretary not try any funny business with polar bears. I am keeping my eye on you. But on the other hand we get Chu and for that I am grateful- hope he's as good with business as he is with applied science because we need markets for these new energy products. And we get Bill Richardson as Commerce Secretary, who is in favor of the most stringent of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Merry Christmas to me!

The lights on my tree died. I had replaced all of the strands but one with LED lights and of course the old one pooped out. I am kind of glad because it gives me an excuse to take them off the tree and get new ones that are LED. Have you noticed that some of the LED lights out there are so dazzling that they look weird?

We're falling on hard times and that is troubling to see. The silver lining is that there is a message out there to focus more on what matters. Like friends and family and experiences instead of stuff. Unfortunately this message combined with the credit crunch is causing the world economy to collapse. Life is complicated.

All of the carbon offset retailers have been inundating me with their holiday product lists, which are really cool gifts that come with carbon offsets. My favorites are at Native Energy, but I also like Carbonfund and TerraPass.

I am excited about the future and I hope you are too.

Shannon