Oil Spill

I haven't blogged for a while, no specific reason other than just laziness or not in the mood. I, like everyone else on the coast, have spent the last 59 days watching a disaster approaching. It is easy to blame BP, the government, etc. We all share blame in this disaster. Since the mid 1970s, Americans have avoided facing their runaway consumption of fossil fuels. Lobbyists, thus our government leaders, have failed to acknowledge that we have a problem, just like any other addicted person. We don't want to give up our gas guzzlers, and want the blame everyone other than ourselves for our inability to make the hard choices that require us to use less fossil fuels.
It is ironic that our increasing use of fossil fuels has coincided with the epidemic of obesity in this country. There is a direct correlation. I know people who will not walk two blocks with their kids to school. They drive. We must insist on our governmental leaders producing incentives for conservation and alternative energy sources. Our leaders have a history of favoring those industries that use the most resources. An example is the metals mining industry. It costs much more in taxes, etc to ship used or scrap metal than it does to ship the ore. This rule goes back to the mid 1800s.