Two pieces of good news came through my inbox this week. First a small protest concerning the commencement speaker for Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts caught my attention. A colleague of mine in the Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) field is a professor at WPI. He runs an ongoing student project devoted to designing, building and testing AWE systems. So it was particularly nice to hear that students at WPI are awake to what is going on. I love this line - "We will not give the Exxon CEO the honor of giving us his well wishes for our futures when he is largely responsible for undermining them.". Wow. They get it.
I'll get hyperlinks in shortly. In the meanwhile click below for the article which is an excellent commencement speech, even for those of us not graduating. http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=mig&hl=en&gl=us&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F~r%2Fyes%2Fmost-recent-articles%2F~3%2FJcPZP5ZsYGs%2Fpeak-oil-a-chance-to-change-the-world
Additionally, a young man has sued the US government over inaction on stopping climate change.
http://www.countercurrents.org/loorz070511.htm
I'm heartened to discover that at least some of the next generation understands what has happened and that it can't continue. I only hope a majority of us older folks will agree and force action without the need for a catastrophe - unfortunately the only effective change catalyst in America (Pearl Harbor, 9/11, etc.).
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