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DON QUIXOTE: Sancho, how is it that the windmills are running on oil?
They could run on wind.
SANCHO: I don't know. It must be out of routine.
DON QUIXOTE: No, Sancho. They are the giants, the giant corporations
behind them...

DON QUIXOTE VS THE WINDMILLS!

When the environmental crisis worsens, how can one remain passive?
Neither the Rio Earth Summit nor the Kyoto Protocol, regrettably, will
do much, particularly when America refuses to participate. A big change
is needed--and fast.

I have been long enough on this planet to witness, not the use, but the
rampant abuse of resources. We still measure our status, here in
America, by the size of the vehicle and the motorboat. Let's say our
system of values is twisted where to be a predator is a symbol of
prestige...

I have, however, a few earthy proposals:

1. INCREASE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE, such as in Europe and Japan. The
revenue so raised could be used to IMPROVE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION,
from fast trains to the creation of BICICLE LANES along all major
streets.

2. Open letters from parents to children, perhaps encouraged via the
schools, in which the parents vow to specific lifestyle changes. Such
letters are to be conspicuously displayed in the home. For example, it
could say: "Ride bicycle to work," etc.

Let's give life to our children, not a subsistance of rats. Don Quixote
would have said: "Sancho, let's go for the windmills!"

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