Raw material

How ought one approach life? From what stance should we face the world and everything in it? What is our goal?

For Epicureans, the end goal, the summum bonum, the good life, is happiness. Not justice, nor wisdom. Happiness is the first and final purpose of all our philosophy. The good life, the happy life, consists in the presence of pleasure and the absence of pain. But pleasure ought not be confused with the mere gratification of appetites. No, pleasure and absence of pain must be cultivated. The labour of care for the garden of our lives, cultivating the soil from which we ourselves are made - the raw material stuff of the universe.

"How do we care for others?" asked the young boy to his grandmother.
"By caring for ourselves" the old woman replied.
"But," said the boy, "How do we care for ourselves?"
Replied the old woman, "By caring for others, my child."

Hydrogen future

Hydrogen. The most abundant element in the universe and also the simplest, consisting of only one proton and one electron. I think everyone needs to know about this so check out this link:

The National Hyrdogen Association Frequently Asked Questions

We can move toward a hydrogen economy right now, with existing technologies. I really don't understand why this is not at the forefront of energy policy in Canada and the rest of the world.

Reasons why we ought to move to a hydrogen economy:

1.
It is realistically possible to meet all of our chemical fuel needs, which are currently supplied by oil, with hydrogen produced with electricity, which can in turn be produced with ZERO CO2 EMISSIONS. This means that if we completely implement a hydrogen based economy to replace the current oil based economy, then there will be no more pollution (unless you count pure clean water as pollution).

2.
A hydrogen economy would entail far greater stability than the current centralized grid system. electricity will be produced in a variety of ways locally and it will be used to produce hydrogen that can be piped nationally or even internationally. No more worrying about blackouts affecting entire regions or natural disasters affecting energy supply.

3.
Because electricity can be produced in a wide variety of ways and is not restricted to one source (like oil), energy will be freed from regional disparity. Energy will be much more equally available and abundant. This will in turn result in greater prosperity all over the globe, it may even be the key to overcoming poverty.

So we have a choice. Do we want:
clean, safe, and universal energy?
or
dirty, dangerous, regional energy?