{"id":1534,"date":"2011-09-08T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/waste-not-want-not-michael-noll.html"},"modified":"2011-09-08T09:55:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:55:20","slug":"waste-not-want-not-michael-noll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/waste-not-want-not-michael-noll.html","title":{"rendered":"Waste Not, Want Not —Michael Noll"},"content":{"rendered":"VDT LTE today. -jsq\n
\n\n<\/a>\nWe can only prosper as a society if we work together. Despite the\ndifferences we might have, we share so much more in common. Yet it seems\nthat we prefer to fall into separate camps, that we seek to view issues\nin black and white, and that we like to belong to those who have \u201cgot\nit all figured out\u201d. Just pick your side (liberal, conservative)\nand you \u201cknow\u201d who got it all wrong.\n

\nI have been humbled by the wide-ranging support WACE received to stop\na biomass plant that was once considered a done deal. In the end what\nmattered was the realization by people across all ages, racial and\nideological lines that we want to breathe clean air, and that we don\u2019t\nwant to waste millions of tax dollars on a project that will lead to\nincreases in respiratory illnesses, heart diseases, and cancer. Thus\nthe people spoke up, and with the help of elected representatives and\nthe Industrial Authority \u201cno biomass\u201d became the consensus.\n

\nIn the last couple of months I noticed another issue many agree on.\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

\nNo\nmatter who you talk to, what TV or radio station you listen to, or what\nnewspaper you read, everyone understands that energy security is crucial\nfor the US and that we need to become independent of foreign oil. This\nrealization came up at the SE Bioenergy Conference in Tifton, it surfaced\nduring a visit of Rep. Sanford Bishop in Valdosta, and it found special\nmention in a report of the Southern Governors\u2019 Association meeting.\n

\nBut here is the catch: hardly anyone ever addresses the need for energy\nconservation and efficiency. We simply want more of everything. Thus,\nBenjamin Franklin’s “waste not, want not” has become a resounding \u201cwaste\nmore, want more\u201d. Yet, we can’t become independent of foreign oil if\nwe don’t change our habits, just like an alcoholic cannot sober up by\ndrinking more beer.\n

\nIn the coming months WACE will reach out to community organizations and\ngovernmental entities to address the issue of energy conservation and\nefficiency. This is not just an issue of energy security, it is a moral\nissue. Christians can relate to it, as they understand the principles of\nstewardship. Conservatives can relate to it, as waste and inefficiency\ncontradict the wisdom of our founding fathers. Liberals can relate to\nit, as it is in their interest to change a way of life that has made us\ndependent on foreign oil.\n

\n-Michael Noll\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VDT LTE today. -jsq We can only prosper as a society if we work together. Despite the differences we might have, we share so much more in common. Yet it seems that we prefer to fall into separate camps, that we seek to view issues in black and white, and that we like to belong […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[97,40,14,264,265,133,700],"tags":[8717,8754,8755,8796],"class_list":["post-1534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-community","category-economy","category-energy-conservation","category-energy-efficiency","category-vdt","category-wace","tag-community","tag-energy-conservation","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-wace"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-oK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}