Green Remodeling? Are We Too Late?
Green Renovation Came 20 Years Too Late?
I’ve been thinking about this for a while as I’ve been planning to buy a house and make a huge effort to make it a greener home. Am I too late? Is this movement too late?
Many people think Global Warming is not real. Many think it’s just natural changes in the Earth and that our actions have nothing to do with it. Very few, if any, of those people are scientists. And the scientists that they point to are likely on the payroll of companies that want this green movement to go away.
While I’m not a scientist, I do believe those who are (regardless of their motivations.) Why? Because what if… and it’s a big what-if… they’re right and we did nothing?
My concern is that there are a number of scientists out there who are claiming we may be making changes too slowly or that it’s already too late. Because I’m a bit of an optimist, I choose to not believe them. Why? Because what if they’re wrong and we did nothing?
Your Vote Doesn’t Count
Many people don’t vote because they believe their vote doesn’t count. After the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, we learned that’s not the case.
While it may be true that my efforts to reduce my energy use, my water use, my carbon footprint that I leave on the planet won’t make much of a difference… perhaps I can at least tell my two daughters and their kids (if I am around long enough) that I did what I could to help.
Maybe it really was just a drop in the bucket.
Maybe it really was just to ease my guilt.
But I made an effort and maybe, just maybe, I encouraged a few others to make that same effort.
Do you think we’re too late?
