| What is happening with our air? Is there anything | | | | This article is about doing something to avoid an |
| people can do for our environment? And if so, are | | | | environmental disaster like the ones we have seen in |
| there any activities that a single man can do? Does he | | | | tons of Hollywood movies. And even if I think that they |
| really impact the whole environment, where billions of | | | | are a bit extreme in order to win the attention and |
| other influences factor in as well? For the last two | | | | afterwards the money of the spectators (But I am not |
| months I have been dealing with these kinds of | | | | really sure - this is just an assumption!), I think we have |
| questions. I thought, if a man who was not able to beat | | | | to start changing something concerning our habits as |
| George W. Bush in an election (faked or not), wins a | | | | soon as possible. |
| Nobel price due to his huge attainments for the safety | | | | So last month I began to search on the internet for |
| of the world, I should at least rescue the clean air in my | | | | what I have to do first in order to be the next Al Gore. |
| hometown, where cows and birds are playing golf | | | | So I typed in Google: "What do I have to do first, when |
| together and the fox beats the rabbit at playing chess. | | | | I want to save the air?" This is pretty logical, isn't it? I |
| As you can see, first of all I wanted to consider one | | | | came across a site called "Save the planet". But as I |
| element and "air" was the only one that came into | | | | already mentioned, the whole planet is a bit too much |
| question. Why? | | | | for me because I am a guy from a town that has |
| Fire: There is no reason to save fire. Just think back to | | | | maybe 2.000 citizens and 20.000 cows. So I kept |
| California, where it has destroyed thousands of | | | | looking, but I changed the keyword a bit. This time I just |
| houses and injured hundreds of people. | | | | typed in: "How can I filter the dirty air from our globe?" |
| Earth: Remember your childhood and how often you | | | | By doing this I came across a few sites that were |
| got dirty because of all the mud at the playground. | | | | about air filters. I thought that filtering the air with good |
| And now that I am a father, do I really want to save all | | | | air filters is probably a good way to start rescuing one |
| the mud on the clothes of my two sons? Of course | | | | of our four elements. So I bought twenty Air filters |
| not! | | | | from a company called AFE. Just two days later I got |
| Water: My sister already wants to save this element, | | | | my new air filters, but I was a bit surprised that |
| so I can't copy her - unfortunately. I like the idea of | | | | something so small could filter air. But I tried it. |
| saving a small Flipper in our big ocean. | | | | Unfortunately, it did not work. When I was standing on |
| So there was just one element left, called air. In the | | | | the top of the highest house in my hometown (18 feet), |
| beginning it sounds a bit boring in comparison to the | | | | a guy who was walking by told me why. He said "Hey |
| other ones, but you have to remember, this is not a | | | | dude, these filters only improve the engine |
| selfish competition. The one who has saved the most | | | | performance of your vehicle; they don't filter the |
| interesting element will not rule the world. And honestly, | | | | earth's air". As you can imagine, it was pretty |
| who wants to steal Stewie's dream of conquering the | | | | embarrassing. |
| world? | | | | |