Saturday, May 08, 2010

"This Changes Nothing"

From Al Gore:

Just as the oil companies told us that deep-water drilling was safe, they tell us that it’s perfectly all right to dump 90 million tons of CO2 into the air of the world every 24 hours. Even as the oil spill continues to grow—even as BP warns that the flow could increase multi-fold, to 60,000 barrels per day, and that it may continue for months—the head of the American Petroleum Institute, Jack Gerard, says, "Nothing has changed. When we get back to the politics of energy, oil and natural gas are essential to the economy and our way of life." His reaction reminds me of the day Elvis Presley died. Upon hearing the tragic news, Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, said, “This changes nothing.”


Powerful article. I suggest you read it through. The disconnect between "industry," our government and the people of this continent is definitely bringing us to the brink of collapse. Personally, I'm looking forward to it, rather than shrinking from it, because at least from my vantage point, it puts everyone on the globe on equal footing and starting over. Global financial collapse, global warming destruction, planetary annihilation, etc. Maybe then, the world will realize it has to play nice to survive.

2 comments:

Arno said...

I am almost speechless...almost.
Coming on the heels of the Tennessee coal sludge disaster and the West Virginia and Kentucky coal mine disasters, this happens and jack has been done about it in terms of policy change on the corporate-governmental level. Now we can say goodbye to the entire precious Gulf Coast. My heart is breaking.

"Run straight down" --- Warren Zevon

It does seem to take catastrophy to snap humanity back to...humanity. But that means hell-to-pay for us in the meantime. Ugh.

Carrie said...

I know. That's why I keep the bar stocked so we don't have to "feel" it as we are "feeling" it!!!!