Janie, the world is already at the point of having wars over resources. Some, like the wars for oil are obvious, as in Iraq. Others, like in Nigeria, aren't.

The same is true for wars over water. Water is being used in the war between Israeli's and Palestinians. Between red states and blue states in the US. But how many people know about the water wars?

I am very cynical about change in this regard. I just don't have any hope for the developed world changing in time to prevent catastrophic and possibly cataclysmic chains of events related to global warming and energy abuse.

I just don't think people are willing to chop wood and carry water for themselves, any more than they are willing to do their duties as citizens to defend their democratic freedoms.

And I'm not talking about a need to create utopias. I'm talking survival. It gets might fucking cold in Minnesota in winter, so I think about energy problems all the time, especially every month when the Xcel Energy bill arrives.