Bill Nye and Joe Bastardi recently debated climate change science. I appreciated the demeanor of Bill Nye in the video clip: I think it is important for us to recognize that not everyone agrees about the science behind climate change theory or man-made global warming. But, there is a way forward that I think we can all agree on.

First I want to mention that a new “garbage patch” has been discovered, this time in the Atlantic Ocean, and it is similar to the Pacific garbage patch. Oddly enough it looks like it’s in the Bermuda Triangle, but that’s another story. I don’t think anyone would say that giant patches of plastic floating in the ocean are good things. That is probably something on which we can arrive at something close to a consensus about.

Then, if we want to prevent things like this from happening, we as a civilization have to be willing to make some changes in the way we live and dispose of waste. Waste disposal definitely could be improved, but so could the philosophy of living. Do we really need to produce lots of waste to enjoy the American way of life?

Not, if the Bloom Fuel cell catches on. This thing could be sort of a game changer. It has the promise of reducing emissions and providing a wealth of energy. It came about as a result of private investment and entrepreneurship. In other words, someone had a good idea and found a market for it. I think that we can move forward in caring the problem of polluting the earth, and/or climate change issues, by agreeing to look for affordable ways to replace energy needs with something that will create less waste. Nobody likes a mess. Why should we create a bigger mess than we have to?