{"id":2637,"date":"2022-05-06T15:32:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:33:00","slug":"a-cleaner-world-and-a-cleaner-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2637","title":{"rendered":"a cleaner world and a cleaner soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e-bikes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e-bikes-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e-bikes-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e-bikes-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e-bikes-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e-bikes-405x300.jpg 405w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e-bikes.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>e-bikes&#8230; photo by Joe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, if (some) of the scientists\/meteorologists are right, global warming looms like a scary doomsday scenario.  First World lifestyle changes would, indeed, be good, whether the threat is, ultimately, real, or not.  Stay with me on this&#8230;  To curb CO2 emissions, we need to, as an example, bicycle, and walk, way more than we currently are.  This will entail some &#8220;sacrifice&#8221; for many.  Sacrifice is what the Catholic Church calls &#8220;mortification.&#8221;  And mortification, in turn, is good for the soul.  So, ultimately, we end up with a cleaner world, and cleaner souls.  It&#8217;s a win\/win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, if (some) of the scientists\/meteorologists are right, global warming looms like a scary doomsday scenario. First World lifestyle changes would, indeed, be good, whether the threat is, ultimately, real, or not. Stay with me on this&#8230; To curb CO2 <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2637\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}