Divesting (Getting the Hell Out)

THE HARVARD CAMPUS, dignified brick, makes you feel intellectual, ready to learn and to was profound. John Quincy Adams slept here. Harvard grads get the best jobs. I dated a graduate of harvard nursing school one night, and found her lovely in many different ways. She planned to return to pursue a career at Harvard med. Harvard is my go to source for expertise, my best defense against evangelical conservatism. I never thought Harvard would disappoint me, but its stated intention of divesting its endowment portfolio of fossil fuel stocks by the year 2050 did the trick. By then I will either by ninety five or dead, and so will Earth's environment. The movement to force fossil fuel companies out of business by playing hot potato with their stock is well underway, gaining momentum. Trillions of dollars in stock have already been sold off by hedge funds, universities, individuals, et al, all environmentally conscious. The huge U. of California system is already fossil fuel free. Stock brokers who know where their bread is buttered are advising that fossil fuel stock have no future value. Harvard, the world's wealthiest university, staid and progressive at the same time, is behaving the way Thomas Jefferson did when pressed as to when he planned to free his slaves. I'll get around to it, he said, dismissively. Getting around to is just isn't good enough, at a time when Earth's biosphere and we with it hang in the proverbial balance. Twenty fifty is way late, but dignified old crimson Harvard'll come around, because fossil fuel stocks will be a bad investment and a bad albatross of a hold long before that, and Harvard, like the rest of us, wants to get out while the getting is still good.