Live Earth ... who cares?

From www.liveearth.org:

Live Earth will use the global reach of music to engage people on a mass scale to combat our climate crisis.

Okay, we have a lot of people flying around in jets and driving in limos to perform at concerts so they can lecture us on how we need to use less energy. After the concert, they get back in their Cadillac Escalades or whatever and return to their mansions. In one week, they will probably burn more energy than I do in a year, and for no good reason. And I'm the one getting lectured about my energy use.

I admit there are times when I wish I could return to a lifestyle similar to what I had in the 1960s. We grew a lot of our plant food. We foraged in my father's hollows for berries. There's nothing like picking an apple or a pear straight off the tree in the back yard. Or a homegrown tomato.

I drew some limits. I couldn't bring myself to eat a pawpaw or a gooseberry.

But the family farm passed out of the family's hands long ago. We can't get along without a microwave, a dishwasher or a color TV. Or can we?

Can my kids compete without having Internet at home? Would they die of boredom without a DVD player or their video games?

Maybe it's time to find out. But we do it on my terms. I don't need a bunch of self-indulgent, self-important celebrities ordering me around while they waste more energy than I use.