The Tennessee Center for Policy Research recently obtained reports that Al Gore uses more energy in his home each month than the average American does in a year. Now although there may be plenty of valid reasons for this, this gives me the perfect opportunity to once again point out the the problems we are facing will not be solved by simply complaining about them and urging people to switch their light bulbs.

Albert Einstein once said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." What does this mean? It means that we can't simply say, "I'll use less," and expect things to be ok. We must start thinking about drastically changing the way we live our lives. The way we live is unsustainable and currently there are at least a couple of billion people in the world working their butts off to try to live like us. It is doesn't matter what we do, when they follow our example, well... I can't even imagine the consequences. Do you feel comfortable saying, "I've changed my lightbulbs so now my way of life is less unsustainble"? I don't.