The autumn leaves in Colorado this time of here are absolutely beautiful, and the State of Colorado is heavily investing in "Green Business".  The theory I've thought about, and maybe it has been already written about in books, journals, articles and such but I think there is a correlation between what's happening in our economy because of the recent realization that there is a global climate crisis looming over our heads.  Therefore, we are experiencing an economic pain threshold, if you will, until we can create enough green businesses to solve our global climate problems.  When I speak of global problems, I am referring to pollution of our air, water and soil.  Additionally, to note, it is interesting to see the statistics of automobiles (the high gas guzzlers cars for example) sales drop like flies.  Many people around the globe are realizing how emissions from cars pollute our air, how oil pollutes our water and soil, and so with this in mind, alterative ways of getting from point A to point B are becoming more and more the mainstream.  Automobile engineering is forever going to change to become less impactful on the environment and so automobiles will go through a painful transformation process from gas/oil guzzlers to more computerized, generated ones relying less and less on gas and oil.  I'm sure the gas and oil industries are not too happy with the face that green businesses are gaining momentum.  But the fact of the matter is...it's going to happen and it is happening, just not as fast as I would like it to see happen, personally.  Green business entails manufacturing automobiles, appliances, toys, etc which will have less of an impact on the environment's air, water and soil.  It is our responsibility as human beings to subdue, or take care of, our planet's resources.  That's a fact folks.

Katherine E Riebe