What good is one person?

If one person had the choice to set up a campaign to rally around the White House about the environment, what good would it do. The only way I can possibly think the government would change if the economy absolutely needed it. Like in Ishmael, he said that the only way humans change if our survival depended on it. If it wasn't for the economy, then it would probably be something about global war, and how the US is the top polluter, compared to other countries. I mean one persons campaign could put it into the government officials heads, but still, they would just find the easy way out. Inventions are highly expensive, time consuming, and need years to develope. The way most people feel is that by the time a scientist figures out some great, unique invention to help reduce emissions, the way humans do things will be different and un-needed. So no invention takes place.

So here is my theory. We do mass rallying around the country and protest about emissions and pollution, and we need the standards to change for the benifit of the planet. Then we picket till there are scientist working on a new invention. Then every month, we picket till till the inventions get put into action. But then again, what good is my idea? I'm only one person, one mind, one vote.