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O, High Priests and Priestesses of Environmental Conservation

High Priests and Priestesses of Environmental Conservation My comrades and I hereby present our observations In light of runaway climate change and glacier-melt That among our brothers and sisters is so keenly felt We see no other course but to revert to our former ways For if not, our future will soon dwindle to a matter of days... Hence, we recommend retiring all motor-powered transportation Returning to the trusty burro and steed for all our vehicular needs A ban we must institute on all electric lights Let us restore the wax candle to its rightful place in the night Last, but not least, an immediate halt to all technological development Returning to our native roots, to be one with Nature in envelopment O, High Priests and Priestesses of Forward Thinking Please accept our report ~ knowing that our window for change is shrinking

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Michael Tor

Date: 8/9/2022 8:14:00 PM

You are so right Gershon. Like Tom you should do a column. Well actually you do. Ha. Well then start charging to read...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/9/2022 8:21:00 PM

Gee, awfully nice of you to post such a comment, Michael... If I charged to read this stuff, it'd take all the joy away, I think. Too much like a job. ~ Happily retired

Bill Baker

Date: 8/9/2022 4:22:00 PM

The Amish are all in, when you starting. We've got quite the lead. The Purtitan are right there with us. Thanks for the survey poem, Gershon A poet friend in Texas. Bill

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/9/2022 5:32:00 PM

Maybe the Amish will lead the way -- back to a day -- when the infant mortality rate was sky high -- and polio ravaged those who survived. Can't wait. I'd lol, but it hurts too much.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/9/2022 3:08:00 PM

The candle industry suddenly takes off! Oh how pretty the Christmas trees and the firemen on trust burros just might make it in time for the clam bake!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/9/2022 5:31:00 PM

Back to Ayn Rand's 'Anthem,' perhaps. ~ Candle-power

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/8/2022 10:36:00 PM

This is what we will probably never be willing to do "Hence, we recommend retiring all motor-powered transportation Returning to the trusty burro and steed for all our vehicular needs" -it might be too late anyway, sadly.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/9/2022 5:33:00 PM

What do you mean, 'too late?' Don Quixote will just dust off his trusty burro and sell AOC some windmills. lol.

Kenneth Cheney

Date: 8/8/2022 6:09:00 PM

The sad reality is most of the Priests and Priestesses would be lost in a world you write about. Forward we go into our past. I'm ok with the plan. I've lived in homes with no electricity as a youngster and am fairly adept with a good steed. But I'm telling you feeding the steeds without combustion engine help is a ton of work.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/9/2022 5:30:00 PM

This was meant as a cruel joke, truth be told; but perhaps the Amish have a point...