Part Two, the Shocking Revelation

So, for those of you that read yesterday's blog, I purposefully left it a cliff hanger. 90% because I was exhausted, 10% because I wanted to consider my words before launching them into the intermatron.

Picking up from yesterday:

As I walked back to my car, I was thinking about everything that was said and debating with myself about the motivations of Mr. Pickens. Honestly, I still don't know what to think about him. But my internal debate led me to stumble across a thought that I must admit was a skewering. Since May of 2003, I've been advocating moving away from fossil fuels. (I know because that is when I decided to go into Chemical Engineering and why) Yet in 5 years, in spite of having learned a lot more about the issue, I personally have not done anything about it in my life. I've had to buy three cars in the last year, and have I bought a fuel efficient vehicle? Not really. Have I been energy conscious and turned out all the lights when they aren't needed? Not really. Have I done anything to really advance a "green" cause since then? Not really.

Mr. Pickens, my hat is off to you. You might have made your billions from oil, but at least you're using that money now, for something worthwhile. Me, I'll be making changes in my life. In fact, as I drove home last night, I followed the advice of my sister Millie, and slowed down to 65 MPH. It's a silly thing to be proud of but my mileage was better, and interestingly enough, the driving experience was a lot less stressful.

So that's it. That was my revelation. For change to be effected, we don't necessarily need some great leader to move the nation all at once. I must act now, to the greatest extent possible and encourage others to do the same.

What can you do?