By
Billy Criswell
In these days and times it is all too easy to be wasteful, and frivolous with money. Today, all means of comfort in the home has doubled over the last few years. Unemployment has reached unheard of numbers, and not since the Great Depression has a nation been so severely crippled. One of the comforts relied upon is energy to run households. Whether it is gas, or electricity, these two are constantly rising in cost and are staples of actual living conditions. Mr. Thoreau confides in his essay, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” suggesting going to the woods and living Spartan-like. Which is only to suggest that one merely lives within ones means, or as David has pointed out, “Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity!”
Mr. Thoreau has also suggested that one also watch his accounts and not let them become a burden. David suggests that, “instead of eating three meals a day, it may be necessary to eat one.” One can conclude that if you don’t need three lights on, turn the others off or your electric bill will look like the “German Confederacy whose boundaries are forever fluctuating;” leaving one to ponder the amount to be paid every month. David also insinuates that there will be those that will not fear the trying times, acting like children who haven’t a care in the world, and failure will follow. David suggests that an average family can only exist so long in a fantasy; energy consumption must be curtailed or the high bills will continue to be a monetary drain on ones financials.
Mr. Thoreau comments that regardless of how people use energy, we should embrace the notion that change is upon us. The tracks for the future have been laid, and just as the poet and the artist need to conceive and design; so too the great minds of the world need the cosmic answers to their concepts for future energy sources. Henry also suggests that a group of scientists from different parts of the world should come together in one place near a large body of water. There they will pool their minds together, come-up with some solutions that would benefit all of humankind and not just individual countries. Thus, whether the great minds do or do not conceive of bold new plans for the world’s energy future, this will still be humankind’s reality and the order of the day is, Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity.
References
Thoreau, H. D. (2007). "Where I lived and What I Lived For" . In S. Cohen, 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology (pp. 424 - 430 ). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.
Billy Criswell
In these days and times it is all too easy to be wasteful, and frivolous with money. Today, all means of comfort in the home has doubled over the last few years. Unemployment has reached unheard of numbers, and not since the Great Depression has a nation been so severely crippled. One of the comforts relied upon is energy to run households. Whether it is gas, or electricity, these two are constantly rising in cost and are staples of actual living conditions. Mr. Thoreau confides in his essay, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” suggesting going to the woods and living Spartan-like. Which is only to suggest that one merely lives within ones means, or as David has pointed out, “Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity!”
Mr. Thoreau has also suggested that one also watch his accounts and not let them become a burden. David suggests that, “instead of eating three meals a day, it may be necessary to eat one.” One can conclude that if you don’t need three lights on, turn the others off or your electric bill will look like the “German Confederacy whose boundaries are forever fluctuating;” leaving one to ponder the amount to be paid every month. David also insinuates that there will be those that will not fear the trying times, acting like children who haven’t a care in the world, and failure will follow. David suggests that an average family can only exist so long in a fantasy; energy consumption must be curtailed or the high bills will continue to be a monetary drain on ones financials.
Mr. Thoreau comments that regardless of how people use energy, we should embrace the notion that change is upon us. The tracks for the future have been laid, and just as the poet and the artist need to conceive and design; so too the great minds of the world need the cosmic answers to their concepts for future energy sources. Henry also suggests that a group of scientists from different parts of the world should come together in one place near a large body of water. There they will pool their minds together, come-up with some solutions that would benefit all of humankind and not just individual countries. Thus, whether the great minds do or do not conceive of bold new plans for the world’s energy future, this will still be humankind’s reality and the order of the day is, Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity.
References
Thoreau, H. D. (2007). "Where I lived and What I Lived For" . In S. Cohen, 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology (pp. 424 - 430 ). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.
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