Preaching to the Choir

The only downside I see to spending a few minutes of my life every day writing a new blog post is the concern I have for “preaching to the choir.”  With few exceptions, it seems to me that the people at 2GreenEnergy, RenewableEnergyWorld, etc. are those who already have a thoughtful regard for our fellow citizens of earth; the real trick is to reach out to those who for whatever reason have not come across that realization.

For instance, here’s a comment I received on the blog I wrote on modern physics at Renewable Energy World.

Do the newly discovered hydrocarbon lakes on Titan offer the solution to peak oil? A simple 250 million mile pipeline with solar powered pumping stations and nuclear powered tankers for the tricky orbital parts. KBR-Halliburton is ready for the no-bid contract and Blackwater has enough weapons to defend it from alien attack.

Now that’s a level of writing, of humor, of insight, of sensitivity to the issues that is not common – to say the very least. That’s a guy who doesn’t need to be convinced that our world faces large challenges on both technological and political levels.

But what about the people we’re not reaching? I’m deeply concerned that our world is spiralling in a direction where fewer people each year read, immerse themselves in the facts on both sides of important debates, and challenge themselves to get on the right side of the issues that confront us. I’m hoping to forge 2GreenEnergy into a tiny part of a modern day Renaissance of thinking – a renewed flourishing of ideas that can make meaningful change in where we’re all going on environmental concerns.