Taking the Heat

by

Leo Crocker Rogers

The absolute and the relative are often two sides of the same coin:

The absolute: “Revenge is inadmissible." MBE

The relative: When contemplating revenge, it is best to dig two graves.

When we are separating our self from a human situation, we may find our self mourning the loss of that human situation, but that mourning will be blessed because having less dependence on the human takes us to the divine. "Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted." Does that make sense? It does. One who mourns (gives up a loss) shall be comforted with gain. When one door shuts, another opens and guess what. The mourning is gone.

Could we mourn the passing of oil dependence?

80% of our US transportation uses oil.*

2% of our electricity is generated by oil.*

So if we wish to reduce our dependence on oil, let's use electricity generated by coal, hydro, and nuclear to transport ourselves.

Impossible?

Consider.

More than 50% of the 98% of the electricity generated is not used at night.*

Let’s consider using the 98% installed electricity that is not used at night and that does not use oil, to run our transportation.

Use the night-time non-oil generated electricity to charge the batteries or make hydrogen to operate our cars in the daytime.

*(Heard on NPR PHX,AZ 090108)

Someone needs to run the numbers to assure the absolute magnitudes make this possible.

"A little less talk and a lot more action." Las Vegas

If we must talk, let us talk about actions that glorify God.

Minnesota Fats would taunt his pool opponents by saying, "Did you come to talk or shoot pool?"

Ideas, ideas, ideas are a dime a dozen. They are like clouds in the blue sky, so beautiful to behold, so hopeful, so shaped, so above us all. But until they rain, they are nothing but puff. Ideas without application are indeed like clouds without rain.

You can show me your ideas by your words (fish stories), but I will show you by my works. Here, have a fish.

Extreme discomfort can, and should, foster change in our life. It is said if you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen. But if you can stand the heat, you can be resurrected. Jesus, the "man of sorrows", took the heat.