My Comment on My Buddy Lorena's Blog.

This is my comment on the blog post “Texas, a Fossil Fuel Addict State” ...

I think you did a really great job of giving some solid facts and examples to help carry on your point. Isn’t it crazy… We are number 6 for most energy consumed per capita! Number 6!!!

But we have sooooo much land, especially out west. I think of those fields as the best place to build those Gigafactories and windmills. And I think because of the excess of land we have, that and the fact that we consume so much energy, should be the reasons we should become the leading state in renewable energy sourcing.

The context you gave comparing our energy consumption to citizens in India was really insightful. It is hard for people to realize how much we waste, when everyone around us is behaving in the same way!

It is so discouraging though, that we just elected someone who cares about cheap energy instead of safe energy. Hopefully we can look past that, and encourage our state and the companies within in to get ahead of the game.

Again, great job! Good examples, cohesive, didn’t drag on, and nice word choice.  It does my soul good to read a well written post like this one :)

Election Day Voter Registration

Thirteen states have same day registration available to its voters. So why don’t we? Don’t we want as many people to vote as possible? Yes, no, maybe so?

I believe that Texas should institute Election-Day voter registration. Why? So we can make the whole process easier. (also we could probably update those voting machines a lil, but that’s a conversation for another day.) We still vote on Tuesdays. Why? We cast our votes on ancient machines. Why? And in Texas, you have to register WEEKS before election day. Why? TO MAKE YOU NOT WANT TO VOTE.

Why are they trying to make it harder to vote? Shouldn’t it be the other way around. Well… Some people believe that all eligible citizens should be able to vote easily and quickly. OTHERS would like to make the process long and difficult, with the hopes of knocking off a percentage of folks (maybe those with less money?) from voting.

Thank the Lord Jesus that this happened…

“The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed previous rulings that the 2011 voter ID law — which stipulates the types of photo identification election officials can and cannot accept at the polls — does not comply with the Voting Rights Act.” (Texas Tribune)

But still, efforts can definitely be made to make this entire process more efficient. And if you think about it, the more diligent we are with changing this system of how we elect our officials, hopefully less BS like the Voter ID Laws will show up in our faces. I propose that election day be a holiday (I’ll settle for it being on the weekend), we give those machines a hardcore makeover, and that you can register to vote ON THE DAY YOU FREAKING VOTE.

Now please, go riot, go picket, go flip over some cars, or light a mattress on fire, whatever you have to do. Cause I am over it.