Dear readers, I have been absent from the internet due to a lengthy hospital stay
caused by pneumonia during which I was kept at a distance from a computer. Except
for an occasional glimpse at CNN I was cut off from much of the daily happenings. Now that I am home and caught up I feel as Rip Van Winkle, awakening to a world that
has continued its descent into chaos.
The calamitous oil spill that has damaged the ecology for generations is still
spewing its poison into the Gulf. The damage to earth, air and sea continues unabated
and human lives and livelihoods have been devastated. Wildlife by the multitudes have been lost, and the entire food chain has been broken.
But what astounds me the most is the failure of the general public to grasp the
lessons of it all. They worry that they will not be able to work on the very drilling rigs that destroy our planet. They worry that we will face a shortage of the petroleum that is draining our wealth into the coffers of countries and tyrants who wish us ill while it fouls the air we breathe. All that while they should be worrying that we continue to depend on a diminishing resource in control of opponents, and which damages our health, our wealth and our home planet.
This would be the moment for all Americans to do what they must to assure a decent
future for their young children and grandchildren. Is there any more wise and patriotic national service than to devote our hearts and resources to developing clean, renewable fuels?
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So good to have you back at the keyboard!
Unfortunately it is human nature to ignore Cassandra.
Yes, you are right, the future is dim if we continue living the good life without any concern after such a warning as the catastrophy of the oil spill in the Gulf.
But who am I to talk when in spite of caring remonstrances I kept smoking for thirty years until I got a heart attack.
Should the oil spill be our heart attack?
Jacques
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