  Forgive the gradoise title; It's a good way of getting attention. An interesting new film has just come out - "The Day after Tomorrow".
Not intersting as in it's a good film, in fact it sounds pretty awful, but as someone I know stated: "The best thing about it is that it'll probably make those Americans pay attention to Global Warming". The owner of this statement is a known anti-American, but still, it's primarily true; America is the greatest producer of greenhouse gases, and also coincidentally the nation to do the least about it. Before I go any further, I'd just like to say that I'm not accusing America of being monumentally un-ecological, although it's far from innocent. China has it's Three-Gorges Dam project, which is fraught with problems and controversy and Britain has a serious litter problem. In fact, I'm rather ashamed to admit that many of my associates are litterbugs. Coincidentally, those who comment on the Americans being (and these aren't my opinions) Stupid and Obese.
I deplore littering, especially as, and here is the part that makes me wince with pain, about 40% of it is done within 10 feet of a bin. Recycling is hardly well publicised, and we are STILL driving gas-guzzling monsters, jamming the roads with traffic and failing to use public transport. There is little in the way of solar power plants (interesting fact: a solar plant could produce about twice the electricity of a nuclear power plant of the same size with no waste products, and is far safer), and windfarms aren't common.
Why, the people cry? I'll tell you why. It Costs The Government Too Much. Now, I don't want to be too critical - actually, that's a lie - but all I can say to the government, and indeed the public, is GET A BLOODY GRIP! Money is a fiction. It is a man-made fiction we are all subscribed to. Look at a handful of cash.
What is it? METAL and PAPER. Some isn't even that, some is merely small electronic charges in a computer system somewhere . It's not vastly important. If we intend to survive long into the future, we need to start doing things 'for the greater good', not for "Money". This is where the idea of Communism flies to the forefront of the Battle for Earth - if we are to save this planet, if our great-great-great grandchildren are to have a home, we must DISPENSE WITH MONEY. We must look at the fiction, and discard it for fact. So, the reason the government doesn't do what it must to save the earth? Because it hasn't got a big enough pile of metal, paper, and small electric charges. I'm not suggesting we dispose of all currency - perhaps ration tokens like those in the war could be used for amenities like food - but I am suggesting that perhaps honour should be a greater form of reward than money.
Someone who distinguishes themselves in some way could have a title added to their name, or an honourific third name (this is actually a system described in one of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series). Materieal wealth is an inefficient measure of someone's worth. I recommend thinking on this one, and Vive le Revolution! 
