BLACKOUT IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET

I was in the middle of cooking dinner when the lights went off. Luckily I have a gas stove and I was able to finish cooking the dinner. That’s one thing I recommend to anyone. If you have an electric stove and you have a gas line on the street, convert into gas stove and connect to the gas line. At least you’ll be able to cook during blackouts.

Do you know how dependent we are on electricity? Look around the house. Everything or almost everything is powered by electricity. So when the electric goes off, we are helpless. We cannot do much. I tried to read by candlelight but could not see too well so I gave up. People who watch TV all night have nothing to do.

As far as I can remember, we only had three blackouts since we moved into my home 31 years ago - today, a month ago and several years ago. We are very lucky. Are we having more blackouts in the coming months? Maybe we should for at least a couple of hours once a week. It’s an inconvenience for some but it saves some energy which is good for Mother Earth. It was also very quiet and peaceful which was a welcome tonic for our overstressed mind and body.

Copyright © 2010. By Rosalinda Morgan, "The Rose Lady". All rights reserved. *BLACKOUT IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET*