James Boyce, Founder Common Sense NMS, states that we as individuals also are responsible for the oil spill. It is our consumption and our willingness to pay for our driving pleasures that contributes to the demand for oil. The oil companies are in the business of supplying oil to us and make money. So more we buy their oil, more profits they get. This leads to more explorations and sometimes disaster happen that we see now in the gulf of Mexico.
James Boyce raises questions, "How many of us take public transportation ? Car pool ? Make sure we recycle all our plastic - petroleum products are needed not only to create many plastics but are actually are in the plastic itself - I am pretty good in recycling but I could be better.
How many of us have actually taken the time to write or email or call a Senator in support of clean energy ? It is self evident point but solar panels don't leak and destroy their environment. Wind turbines have never been known to ruin coastal hatcheries. There is opposition to the recently approved wind turbine project off of Cape Cod which I understand, but really, wouldn't you rather sail around a wind turbine than through an oil slick ?
It's our greed for oil and our unwillingness to support the radical changes that must happen in our society to move forward in a smarter energy way."
David Brooks wrote in the New York Times about the complete failure of Washington to act. His last paragraph states, "You get the sense that this country is straining against the leash, eager for a new wave of energy development. There will be excess, stupidity and greed along the way. But it would be simply amazing if, through some set of narrow political gamesmanship, Washington continued to stand in the way of all this."
James Boyce says, "He is right. We need to demand action from our elected officials not photo ops on the Louisiana Coast."
Source: James Boyce - Huffington Post
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