{"id":522,"date":"2006-06-14T10:02:27","date_gmt":"2006-06-14T10:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostkabob.com\/vote\/?p=515"},"modified":"2006-06-14T10:02:27","modified_gmt":"2006-06-14T10:02:27","slug":"61306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"6\/13\/06"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have just started to update our position paper on the environment<\/strong>, based on some 15 years of research… A hot (excuse the pun) topic these days is: global warming. It is, indeed, an Inconvenient Truth<\/em>. And since the Bush Administration has declined to sign the “Kyoto Protocol” in line with universal standards for the reduction of greenhouse gases, that doesn’t mean that we individual Americans can’t “sign on” to the treaty in spirit — and in action. During an energy seminar at Atnioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, I told the assembly that my family and I had created a: “Kyoto Protocol Home Zone,” with a sign to that effect out front, and everything. (Boy was Liz embarassed when I put that up<\/em>.) Anyway, we’ve decided not to use air-conditioning, turned the thermostat down in the winter, wear sweaters and close off part of the house. I also told the Voice of the People <\/em>television show in Hibbings, Minnesota, that in an effort to save even more energy, we all share bath water. Although I said I always try to get in the bath before our two-year-old. (Liz was embarassed on that one too<\/em>.) In addition, we try to walk and bicycle locally at least 90% of the time within a three mile radius. We’ve dramatically reduced our purchasing (it takes burning fossil fuels to produce items). And I could go on with this, but I think you get the “Kyoto Protocol Home Zone” point. We all have the power not to use the power (paradoxical pun). Note:<\/strong> Wouldn’t it be a sight to see homemade Kyoto Protocol Home Zone<\/strong> signs go up in yards all across America, right next to the homemade Vote for Joe <\/strong>signs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have just started to update our position paper on the environment, based on some 15 years of research… A hot (excuse the pun) topic these days is: global warming. It is, indeed, an Inconvenient Truth. And since the Bush …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","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=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}