From the 05/09/1999 “They Saved Lisa’s Brain” episode of “The Simpsons”:

LISA: “Principal Skinner, how’s your transportation project coming?”

SKINNER: “Oh excellent, not only are the trains now running on time, they’re running on metric time. Remember this time people, 80 past 2 on April 47th, it’s the dawn of a new enlightenment.”

As funny as this scene was, I actually rather like the idea:

http://zapatopi.net/metrictime.html

I think going on metric time would be a great, though of course the adjustment would be difficult. If it were ever to happen it would take quite some convincing of the majority of the human populace. Perhaps the E.U. would be the first to adopt it, or maybe Iceland.

The land of Bjork is rather progressive. Iceland is trying to become completely fossil fuel independant by 2050, an admirable goal for any nation, though perhaps easier for a smaller sized nation unlike the United States.

Still, I hope we do start pressing harder for non-fossil fuels in this nation soon, though with the current administration that might not be so probable (can you guess I’m a liberal?).

I must note that I do have some concerns about these supposidely “clean” energy sources. Hydrogen production and distribution on a massive scale might lend to more and more hydrogen being released into the atmosphere, potentially being worse in the end than the current air pollution. Also, harnessing the power of the wind or the sun takes energy out of the ecosystem, perhaps altering climates and causing harm in other ways.

Not that I am against non-fossil fuels, just thinking that there’s no such thing as a completely clean source of energy, but solar and air power are most likely far better for the world than burning dead dinosaurs.

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