If you’re looking for something new and fun to do, celebrate National Flip a Coin Day on June 1. Make all your decisions by tossing a coin. Heads means yes, tails no.
It’s more entertaining if you have rigged coins available. Your child doesn’t want to clean their room? Use a coin that comes up heads one time in three if you’re in a sporting mood.
We can even apply this to our changing climate. What’s the likelihood of terrible consequences if we keep burning fossil fuels at our current pace? So don’t say whether or not you “believe in” climate change, but come up with a probability. Now decide whether any actions are worth taking.
Here’s something that might help. Under the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, carbon emissions would decline at least 40% in 12 years. The economy would grow but regulations would shrink, and the monthly dividend would put money in your pocket to spend as you see fit.
I think that’s a good deal regardless. But maybe you think the odds of anything bad happening are quite low; perhaps one in six, and choose to do nothing. I wish you happy Russian Roulette Day!
Steve Glaser, Holladay
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