What have you done since you saw A.I.T.?

"the path to a solution lies through changing the minds of the American people. Not just on the facts -- they're almost there on the facts -- but in the sense of urgency..."*

And people do come out of the theater raring to go, wanting to do anything and everything, as soon as possible. (Roger Ebert: "I did a funny thing when I came home after seeing 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I went around the house turning off the lights.")

What have you done since you saw An Inconvenient Truth?

What do you want to do, and what would make it easier for you to do it?

How to get people to see An Inconvenient Truth?

Lincoln said in the darkest days of America's darkest passage: "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."*

Lots of people don't want to see the film; some don't even want to go if they're offered free passes. How do we reach them?

Once they see it, some shift straight into "it's hopeless" despair; how do we reach them?

Energy co-op ideas?

At Brad's request ( in comment here; followed by his energy co-op ideas), here's a post soliciting ideas for the energy co-op.

Got some? Post them in comments here.

(FYI, people don't have to register with Blogger to comment; where the comment form asks for your Identity, you can just click on "other" and give the name you wish to be known by.)

And Brad, I love the Pelton Wheel idea! I'm wondering though, how would it work on a creek whose level varied as much as Deer Creek's does?

What's the most important thing we could be doing?

(and why aren't we doing it?)

It's worth taking the time to weigh priorities.

Inconvenient truth - what if you live outside of town?

At the end of An Inconvenient Truth, many "what you can do" options scroll by (and readers are directed to the A.I.T. website, where they're presented online).

But - taking a citizens-of-Nevada-County perspective - what about those of us who aren't in town, who live in Alta Sierra or Cascade Shores or Lake of the Pines or Lake Wildwood, or have a 5 or 10 or 20 acre spread some distance from town?

What actions could you take? What support from your community and/or government would make it easier for you to take them?

Previously...

Previous brainstorms have been posted at http://powerupnc.blogspot.com.