I’ve been on the DWP green program at 100% for about a year now. I hope it’s having some positive effect (and that the extra money I’m paying isn’t allocated to some research program that’s primarily administrative expenses).

Other things like low energy bulbs and public transportation seem like economic no-brainers, and my mind boggles at how few people use them.

And that brings up the only hope I think we have. The free market price system is helping already with higher fuel and energy prices. Nothing is going to have a positive impact on the environment more than $5-$12/gallon gas. I hope that we can also get rid of things like ethanol subsidies, stop trying to hide and shield the public from the reality of the situation, and start taking responsibility.

It seems inevitable that at the current pace we’ll see a boom in electric/hybrid cars, solar power, etc. All of this may be too little too late, but I remain hopeful.