Sometimes I see "Environmental Issues" labeled as "Domestic Issues," as if they are some kind of small-change backburner problem.
Don't people realize that a huge factor of the grief in the Middle East, (esp. Iraq and Afghanistan) is caused by the United States' uncontrolled race to suck up all the available oil in the world?
Don't they realize that the wildly out-of-balance money flow created by this so-called "U.S. interest" corrupts government after government in the Mideast, while the people who live above that oil live in poverty and frustration?
Don't they realize that quick homebased fixes to our energy problems, such as jumping headlong into nuclear power, pose huge dangers to us and our children? Any mistake is catastrophic, and do we know any organization that doesn't make a mistake or two? C'mon. Murphy's Law happens.
Don't they realize that permitting energy drilling in the last natural wildernesses destroys those ecosystems? Pristine ecosystems hold the keys for people who are going to be living in a world that has no more fossil fuel. In tomorrow's world, they will be the wealth. If we are destroying these ecosystems for a few weeks' or a few months' supply of fuel, can't we understand that this is not for America's good, but mostly to line a few pockets with more money?
Do people realize that in our grandchildren's lifetimes, people are going to look back at our greed and see it for what it is? Why can't we all see it now?
We really need to wake up. The sooner the better.
1 comment:
...and don't you realize that about half (or more) of what you posted above was just plain hysterical or--at best--factually wrong? it's easy to judge the majority of the world as being wrong when you're operating from an extremely biased position or from erroneous 'facts' or a combination of both.
Post a Comment