Believe it...selfishness and poor planning for this day are exacting catastrophic consequences....make that world changing consequences. Since I was a little girl of 10 years old, people have been ASKING over and over again for this country to think of and develop things other than oil to power our cars and heat our homes. Those who chose NOT to rock the boat and those who elected them and those who did not join the clamor for change all have this to live with now. . . including me and you.
It's a pity this has happened, but it was inevitable. And just like hurricane charly, everyone's known all along this was coming, but chose to ignore it. Sadly, this is not BP's fault, the blame lies upon all of our shoulders and so do the consequences...
DRILL BABY DRILL!!!! those words that got so many people cheering and smiling only made me wince in fear...If only the people who clamor for such things would get the least bit informed of the risks and potential for the OTHER side of the coin to manifest. But no.....
And here's some food for thought...I'm sure there are other rigs out there right now that could do the same thing. With all the earthquakes the shifting plates are quite possibly shifting pockets of gas around. So, I'd sadly have to say, be ready for more, not less of this to come.
We the human race have shown nothing but disdain and selfishness towards the earth, at least in my lifetime. Why does anyone expect not to suffer anything but completely devastating consequences for our actions. Will the earth just keep taking our abuse and smile back at us? I think not.
And there's no need to blame either party or blame at all... this is done. What can we do to avoid the next set of consequences? If at all?
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You don't even want to look at the April 2010 Scientific American, then. It showed a list of eight different dimensions along which there are danger zones - climate change, nitrogen depletion, species die-off, etc., and concluded that in three of the eight vectors, we have already passed the tipping point. But they emphasized this is not an excuse to stop caring, it only reinforces how far along to despoilation we have gone.
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