First off, I really like that the Denver airport displays banners about getting a higher education--I don't know if the college pay for that space or not, but it is great to see something 'advertised' that is wholly good for you. But secondly, I really like the Colorado School of Mines message--my son is a sophomore there, and while I know that it is a straight-ahead engineering school (if you can't cut it as an engineer, your only option is to be an economics major--we are not talking broad educational options here), I wish that a liberal arts education included a strong emphasis on earth, energy, and environment.
We face big issues in the future. The globe is heating up and weather is becoming more violent and more unpredictable as a result. We need an electorate that understands at least the basics of the choices we will be forced to make if we are going to continue to be the energy consumers that we have established ourselves to be. The connections between each of these three things, the legs of the stool, so to speak, are important to think about and consider as we make choices.
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