As the coordinator for a Think Tank which happens to operate online, I am often flabbergasted by the number of applicants who have committed themselves to a low carbon footprint and want to be involved in sustainability and eco-friendly innovations. It seems folks have been very busy soaking in all the media push surrounding our alternative energy future, the global climate warming crisis, and anti-fossil fuel trends. But is it really possible for “ALL” of these people to work in that sector?

Not long ago, there was a really interesting article on MSN.com titled; “10 Jobs for the Future,” by Rachel Farrell, a researcher on career management writing for CareerBuilder.com. You may wish to surf that title on the MSN search engine and read that article, and then come back to this article, because I have some comments to get you to think about which way our society and over all civilization is heading.

Now then, did you read the number 10 item; Sustainability Officer? Yes, that sounds like a “cool job title” and it was summarized as; “Sustainability Officer: Sustainability has become a concern around the world and also among businesses. Since the executive suite may not have time to learn all there is to know, organizations are hiring eco-savvy individuals as “sustainability officers.” These folks will find, research, and implement eco-friendly policies to benefit the organization.”

Interesting isn’t it? Sure it is, and I do not doubt that such a person may be needed in the average corporation in the future, especially considering that the whole world is turning green as our society makes that long corner towards alternative energy, one I might add we’ve been on for some 40-years now.

In fact, I often laugh when politicians stand up and say; “We have a new plan for America – an alternative energy future!” Ha ha ha, you know what, in my personal library I have dozens of books from the 70s with the words “Alternative Energy” or “Energy Conservation” in the titles – this is nothing new believe me. What is new are all the folks who pick up this vision and dedicate their lives to fulfill it. Every decade or so, there is another huge push forward towards these eco-friendly futures.

Guess what? Nothing has changed. Further, the concept of a job title; “Sustainability Officer” wouldn’t really be anything different than a Six Sigma strategy company-wide with an environmental, recycling, and alternative energy flair. Before Six Sigma, we had TQM or total quality management, yes, I have dozens of those books too, guess what, nearly all of them have chapters on eco-trends, recycling, and alternative energy efficiencies and reduced waste.

Indeed, I often wish folks would step out of their 24/7 brainwashing through school or mass media and take a look at the reality of the situation, energy usage, and the realities of living on the surface of the planet. But, one man, someone like me, cannot prevent the onslaught or massive deluge of wishful nonsense being purported out there. Yes, I know it’s cool, trendy, and hip – yes, I know alternative energy is sexy, and of course I am well aware of all the purported promises of the future. But I am also someone who has no choice but to live in the real world.

“Sustainability Officer” – you have to be kidding me, corporations already have that, they spend lots of money finding ways to cut costs and increase efficiency. After all, Stanford Business School’s Professor Collins is all over that with his famous books; “Built to Last” and “Good to Great” – and besides, the word; “Sustainability” is probably the most over-used word in the English language, almost to the point it’s meaningless. Anyone wanting to make a point just loves to banter it to provoke a reaction. Indeed, I sincerely hope you will please consider all this.

Lance Winslow is the Founder of the Online Think Tank, a diverse group of achievers, experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, futurists, academics, dreamers, leaders, and general all around brilliant minds. Lance Winslow hopes you’ve enjoyed today’s discussion and topic. http://www.WorldThinkTank.net – Have an important subject to discuss, contact Lance Winslow.

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As the myth around global warming begins to unravel and Operation Desperation sets in, it’s important for the public to know why biofuels aren’t the answer to solving global warming. For those that don’t know, biofuels are alternative energy sources derived from living matter, as opposed to fossil fuels, such as oil, which are derived from nonliving matter. The most common biofuel is a blend of gasoline called E85, which means it’s 15% gasoline and 85% ethanol. However, the gasoline and ethanol content changes depending on the season. During cold weather, more gasoline needs to be added to the mixture to ensure the fuel works properly, so E85 is at least 70% ethanol.

If biofuels are going to reduce our dependency on foreign oil, what’s the big deal? Ethanol, without consideration of other factors, could cut our dependency on foreign oil. However, ethanol as a fuel still requires gasoline to function properly. As stated in the previous paragraph, cold weather is especially trying for ethanol and therefore more gasoline has to be added to the mix – as much as 200% more gasoline. Again, if this were the only problem, a 70% overall reduction in regular oil-based gasoline consumption would cause the price of oil to sink like a rock.

But it’s not entirely about the reduction of petroleum-based fuel. Biofuels such as E85 are causing food shortages globally. Corn is the primary food base from which ethanol is derived. Since corn is grown and harvested by farmers, there is a finite amount of land that can be used to produce corn. The demand for the corn crop has grown substantially due to the push for biofuels while the supply has struggled to keep up. Corn is more profitable to grow now due to the increased demand, so those in agriculture are growing more corn at the sacrifice of wheat and soy. Instead of a shortage in one staple crop, corn, there is now a shortage in two additional food staples: wheat and soy. This brings on three new sets of problems: lack of land on which to grow corn and other staples, soaring food prices and, yes, potential starvation of the poor.

Remember the early days of global warming when all it took to save the world was to plant a few trees? As if every day was Arbor Day, the environmentalists pushed their tree-hugging agenda on anyone that would listen. Trees were the cornerstone of the green movement and suddenly every major corporation prominently displayed the recycled content on their containers, proud to be a part of saving the world. Now the tree-hugging philosophy may fail as more land is needed to produce corn – and that land will have to come from deforestation. Millions of carbon dioxide-breathing trees may meet their end as the demand for biofuels increases over the coming years and decades. And a recent study found that converting land to use for biofuel crops worsens global warming. Buy a gallon, kill a tree.

If you eat anything, you’re not immune to the skyrocketing food prices. Just as higher oil prices have caused the price of goods to increase due to higher transportation costs, the price of corn has jumped significantly – around 30% already this year – due to the push of biofuels. As if that weren’t enough, wheat and soy prices have followed similar paths due to short supply, all thanks to global warming and the effort to reduce our collective carbon footprints. Isn’t it the poor that our friends on the environmentally-friendly left always want to help by taking our hard-earned tax dollars and redistributing them to the needy? Get ready to be gouged even more as Hatians are eating mud cookies because they can’t afford corn and residents of Kenya are rioting over food.

You see, the push to stop global warming is hurting the very people that the left-leaning wing of this world has fought so hard to protect make more dependent on the government for subsidies. With food prices causing the poor to become even more destitute, you can count on more tax dollars being pulled from your paycheck to cover the cost. With ethanol costing about the same as gasoline, there are two possible scenarios ahead of us. If those of us that are educated about ethanol choose not to buy the product because of the side-effects, maybe the decreased demand will help food prices to drop.

Unfortunately, ethanol is a government-subsidized product and they can pump more dollars into lowering the price further, which will spark interest in the new fuel and increase demand. It’s a no-win situation for the informed consumer. Our only hope is that global warming is truly found to be a hoax so we can go back living normal lives without fear of potentially starving our neighbors every time we fill up.

Managing Editor, Skeptics Global Warming

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