What Would Jesus Do About Alternative Energy?

[bostonjoe]

A friend of mine named Eddie Brown met an important man named Reza Zarif one day on a morning stroll. They introduced each other and shook each others hand.
Then Eddie asked, "So, where are you from?"
"Iran." Said Reza as he looked at Eddie's face to see his reaction.
"Iran? Wow, that's awesome. What brings you all the way out here?"
Reza responded, "I'm trying to save the world."
"Wow, that's interesting. How are you trying to do that?"
"I run a company that is looking for alternative methods of energy." He said as he pulled out his card and showed it to Eddie. The card had his company name on it, Probe Manufacturing.
"So what about you?" Reza asked.
"Well funny you should ask, I'm also trying to save the world," replied Eddie.
"And how are you trying to do that?"
"Through prayer. See I run this small church group called JHOP and we get together three or four times a week and we pray for our city, our country, and the world because we believe that if anyone is going to change the world, it's Jesus and if any of us are going to do help we need to pray first."
"That's funny because lately I've been asking myself 'What would Jesus do about alternative energy?'"
Eddie looked him straight in the eyes and said, "Reza, I don't know the answer to that question but I would be glad to sit down and figure it out with you."

So the two of them walked together around a gated community and discussed many things. Prayer, Christianity, religion, humanism, America, the world, gasoline, energy, prayer. After this long discussion about many things the two men came to a conclusion that would answer their first question, "What would Jesus do to about alternative energy?"

Their answer was this:
Honor the sabbath. If everyone would pick one day out of the week to shut down their factories and businesses. If everyone would pick one day to stop using electricity, not drive their cars, not watch television, not listen to the radio, not use any sort of energy source the world would save tons of energy on that one day. The world would save tons of energy on that day every week.

Another conclusion they came up with is this:
Our economy in America is based on competition. We put classes on everyone. Looking for a job is very competitive. Everything is about who got the highest level of schooling. This person got this award, that person achieved a little more then this other person. That person tested with 100%, this one only got 70%.
Every day we make judgments on outer appearance. You're too skinny, he's to fat, she's ugly, he's not, hairs too long, hairs too short , so on so forth.

If companies would focus more on cooperation then competition we would be much more productive.

These two men walked away that day with a new outlook on the world in some way or another. Together they had answered the question, "What would Jesus do about alternative energy?" and with that answer I think they can very well change the world.

What about you, what do you think Jesus would do about alternative energy?

[Gooeen]

Although a nice concept, Jesus was a man who was said to have lived some 2000 years ago. I don't believe he can do much for alternative energy in the year twenty-hundred eight.

[bostonjoe]

True, but that's not the point. Maybe I just didn't write it good enough. I have some critiquing to do.

What I really meant to get across was that if all businesses were to take one day off out of the week weather it be to "honor the sabbath" or to "conserve power" they would save a ton of energy.
It wouldn't hurt much to close once a week.

And I understand that competition in ways is good for the economy but certain companies could partner together more to become more efficient.
When you're business is one that produces products that save lives or help people for a common good, why not work together?