Several years ago The New Yorker printed a cartoon of one dinosaur looking at another as an ark was moving off into a sea of water and asking, “Was that today?” There’s a reason we call coal, petroleum, and natural gas and gas shales fossil fuels. They developed as the result of geologic processes acting on organic matter.
Rather than looking to a green future, Texas, for instance, passed a law boycotting investment firms that look to green energy rather than its own fossil fuels. New Jersey, on the other hand, is a leading supporter of green power, including wind. We have a major wind farm project from Ørsted, a Danish company, which has the potential to power half of New Jersey’s homes. And that’s just the beginning.
We can have a green future, one that respects life from the sand crabs on our Atlantic shores to the magnificent whales in our seas. Ørsted also has wind farm projects in other states, including Texas, in spite of the Neolithic thinking of its legislature.
Prayer for the Day
God of waves and sea foam, we of the earth glory in your creation,
Joining with creatures as small as the sand crab, we praise you;
But even as your glory resounds in our ears, we become despairing,
Trying to free ourselves of the trivial things that take over our lives.
Reveal your light through the world around us
And grant that we may not despoil it by our greed.
In the name of the One who walked among us,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
First, there is the power of the Wind, constantly exerted over the globe... Here is almost incalculable power at our disposal, yet how trifling the use we make of it! It only serves to turn a few mills, blow a few vessels across the ocean, and a few trivial ends besides. What a poor compliment do we pay to our indefatigable and energetic servant!
- Henry David Thoreau, American essayist (1817-1862)
Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.
- Frances Beinecke, American environmentalist
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of God’s name and give praise.
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.
All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name.
Psalm 66: 1-4