04 March 2009
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)Published on March 4th, 2009 @ 01:22:41 am, using 660 words, 78 views
With all this hustle and bustle about the failing economy, loss of employments, global warming, clean energy, government bailouts and healthcare reform, I have an answer in mind. Simply put: Human Hamster Wheels. Now hear me out on this, before you roll your eyes and turn away, clicking unintelligibly to another hotspot website trolling the latest celebrity worship.
Obesity has become the number one health concern of most Americans and is, in my opinion, what is leading to the massive increases in need. The abundance of cheap fast food coupled with our sedentary lifestyles is lending to increased heart disease, breathing disorders, and general ill health. There are some who take it upon themselves to stay active and try to watch what they eat, but eating healthy and working out is, let’s face it, very expensive and unattainable for a lot of lower to middle class Americans. For around five dollars a person you can load up on McDonald’s compared to around eight or nine for a good healthy meal at home. Not to mention the time and convenience factor, add to the mix a little bit of bad social psychology and all of a sudden BAM! we have the recipe for fat, lazy people.
Now that we’ve covered the obesity epidemic, let’s look at global warming and clean energy.
By now most of America, if not the world, has been subjected to some form of global warming education, most likely through Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth". We are all pretty much sick of hearing about the rising tides, California dropping into the ocean, New York becoming a second Venice, and so on and so forth. The amount of greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere each year are atrocious and climbing, with America near the top of the list (although China is quickly becoming the leader). The “green” movement has reached nearly every home and business in the country and was even a major part of the recent presidential election. “Clean Burning Coal” is steadily being undressed for the farce it is and we are still reliant on burning fossil fuels to supply our energy needs. Simply put, we need to curb our enthusiasm for burning things before there’s either nothing left to burn or everyone is dead.
Well, you may be asking, How does this all relate to the economy, falling employment and government bailouts? Glad you asked! I for one am totally sick of the government throwing gobs and gobs of money at these failing businesses. That’s my money and I don’t want to pay for someone else’s office remodeling or corporate party! If you want to save and create jobs, contribute to an increase in healthy Americans, provide employment, supply truly clean energy and generally fix everything that is screwed up right now, Human Hamster Wheels. Let me say it again.
Human Hamster Wheels.
The basic idea is this: Jobs will be created in the development phase, implementation phase, and carry through on production phase. Basically replace the coal burning oil smoking atom smashing (not so much atom smashing, nuclear is actually a viable option limited only by, once again, fuel supply) conflagration of power plants with strategically placed gymnasiums filled with Human Hamster Wheels. The construction will provide jobs, the usage of these centers will also provide jobs and sources of extra income along the lines of donating plasma. Need some cash? Spend an hour or two on a wheel, and get reimbursed with that sweet sweet government dollar. The energy could be stored and charged for much along the same lines as it already is. Would be much more reliable (do you realize how many people would do this for a living?!?!) than single point of failure power plants and generally just provide for an incredible amount of community service. Not to mention making people generally more healthy. Age unrestricted, bring the kids!
In short, Human Hamster Wheels = Jobs, Money, Clean Energy, and Fun Fun Fun!
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