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They’re phasing out plastic bags at the grocery store. The world’s going eco-crazy. Soon we’ll be carrying our groceries to the car IN OUR HANDS.
I saw on the news how some kid wired his bedroom with solar power, then got his dad to do the whole house, NOW he’s going to back up a truck to the sun and hook up his school, maybe even the town. I’m still trying to remember to turn off lights when I leave a room. Baby steps. I recycle, remember? Anyway, I am trying to find new ways to shrink my utility bill. . . I mean, my carbon footprint. Summer is coming on, and with at least 100 days of sunshine, ahead, I figure I’ll try harnessing some sun power of my own, which my wife will appreciate since she’s all eco-momma these days. She set up a cistern outside to catch rainwater for the garden. I mean, (secretly) I can’t let her show me up like that. So I got a bunch of solar patio lights, to line the garden. And I found a solar-lit patio umbrella for the deck. The umbrella stores buckets of sunshine all day. At night, the umbrella, with its 24 LED lights built into the spreader rods provides up to eight hours of soft light. It even has an on/off switch. I mean I don’t need flood lights when I’m hanging out on the patio. Not gonna be reading War and Peace out there, just need a little light to the enjoy the late evenings with my wife after we put the kids down. It’ll be pretty romantic. And, think about it– no electrical cords to trip over, no miners have to go into the coal mine to light my patio. Now I don’t have to feel as bad about powering up the margarita maker. Hmmm margaritas.
