MOPED ARMY

I think it's coming too, I don't think "god" is doing it, the planet is doing it, did god create the planet, maybe, maybe not, I really don't care. The problem is the discovery and use of petroleum, for fertilizer, fuel etc. It allowed our species to produce more food than we need therefore overpopulation, and rampant pollution. I'ts fine for counties and cities to try and make a difference, but without a worldwide effort, it really will not make any difference. Plastic residues I forget the term...have been found in the deepest parts of the oceans, and in many lifeforms, we are drowning in single use plastic. The easiest and best thing an individual can do is to waste less. It is easy and if everyone did it it would make a difference. Almost everything I own is used, with the exception of most clothing, I use items until they are worn completely out. It is not "fashionable" but I'm comfortable with it, and to be honest I don't for environmental reasons, just so I don't have to work so hard to live, I love my free time and stress free life. :) The environmental impact is just a nice unintended consequence. I have not paid for moped fuel in over 15 yrs simply as I recycle and scrap aluminum, pays for all my gas and oil and a portion of my insurance. I live close to my job, about 1.8-2 gallons a week depending on what car I drive etc. If I were to moped to work it would be closer to a gallon a month, but I don't as at my current job, my boss does not drive, so I give him a lift home every night for which he pays me a $20.00 a week this saved up covers most of my auto insurance...led lights in the house, turned off when not home, (except one for the cat) ;) keeps my juice use down. I get things from CL's free section, repair clean them up, and resell, mowers, snow blowers etc, stuff that people and my complex toss, some of it in working order, cl it all, take in an average of 2-3 hundred a month on that...amazing what people toss for a 3 dollar repair or just to have something "new". These are the same people who complain about being broke a lot. I accept that this lifestyle is not for everyone, either too grubby or gross for them, or they are too busy with a high octane job and kids to raise, but it is possible. I'm not talking hardcore dumpster diving, like for food or anything, I eat well, out more often than not, but for stuff that people just discard, from vacuums to cars and bikes, both pedal, moped and motorcycles, I work 4 10's for my job with avail ot, I don't take it in the summer, as why not be out in the glorious sun? In the winter I do, I have enough to go three months without work, paying all my bills, saving for a years worth. Without car/home loans, I can quit my job at any time and not lose anything. How many can say that? For the Catholic, Jesus did not advocate consumerism or wealth, " it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven" Not being of a religious bent, I take this to mean the more involved you are in your stuff, and impressing others, the less you notice or care for those around you who may not be as well off. Weigh your debt vs income vs stuff you have, how much is need vs want? Dump the want, have and enjoy the needs, turn the phones off for a while, slow down, relax. I missed out on a good deal on a convertible today, by an hr! :/ BUT I now don't have to work Saturday to make my next check cover what would have come from my savings, so easy come, easy go. Relax, and be well everyone.