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His e-mail subject was: Don't Blame BP |
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The US long ago reached Hubbert's Peak, [...]
Notorious Dug's specious claim that he has no alternative but to pollute, rings hollow in our ears. Helplessly throwing up his hands doesn't cut it. Certainly he has alternatives...get a different job! Many of the rest of us have.
Notorious Dug's specious claim that he has no alternative but to pollute, rings hollow in our ears. Helplessly throwing up his hands doesn't cut it. Certainly he has alternatives...get a different job! Many of the rest of us have.
Oh, we are but a speck of dust in the sands of time...I just got here and I am tired of this rehashed subject.
So what makes us so special...our intelligence, our self-awareness? How does that differ from say, the dinosaurs, who had no clue that a comet was hurdling through space about to wreak havoc on the ecosystem? And the planet, it survived...it is not the planet we are concerned with, it is our own skin. Oh no the poor animals. We are animals and if it wasn't for that mass extinction, humanity would not have evolved. Nature is our biggest foe. So I say, just do your best :o) instead of pointing fingers 'no, its your fault...you consume more, your hands are bloodier than mine, I am better than you...'
or continue to fret, fret for your microbrews, fret for your wheelsets, fret for your iphones and macs, your fashionable socks, your grilled pineapple...hmmm how the hell did a pineapple get to Chicago I wonder?
LEARN TO SWIM
If you can look past the unfortunate subject line of the e-mail he's completely, 100% spot-on.
All consumers of petroleum have environmental blood on their hands, the more they consume the guiltier, and while BP needs to be held accountable (and I really don't think a fair person could read the e-mail and assert that Mr. Feinstein is saying it does not) it's not like none of us knew that off-shore drilling would result in a certain percentage of disasters just like this one.
I'm relieved to see there's someone else out there who recognizes that individuals can't just absolve themselves of responsibility and blame "the system" or "the evil corporations" with gleeful abandon without wallowing in hypocrisy.
It is impossible to live in our society without having a negative environmental impact and it's not enough to say I don't drive. What are you actually doing to decrease pollution? My point is that running away from the physical world isn't helping at all. Things need to move, be built, be grown and best way to help is to figure out how to do it better.
Of course we all are responsible for the current mess and we should do what we can and part of that should be boycotting BP
Suggesting that someone change jobs is the biggest bunch of elitist bullshit I've heard in a long time. It's easy to feel smug when you sit on your ass in front of a computer for a living. There are jobs necessary for our society that require driving. Would you suggest that everyone that is socially conscience get a job that doesn't require driving? As a fabricator I manage to use a Subaru wagon for a job that most people use a full size pickup or van. I also schedule my work so I can bike about half the time. Should I quit so someone with a F-250 takes my place. I say if you are promoting career changes everyone in a cubicle should get a job in construction and use a fuel efficient vehicle. This would do a lot more good than most of the suggestions made here.
Great response Howard...I agree 100%. But those of us who long ago gave up our cars, and have found very fine alternatives to clogging the roads, air and water with tons of discharges, really aren't Scot-free of guilt either. .
Yes but the point is the same as the one that began this thread: We're each individually responsible for the larger effects of our personal actions. If you don't want to pollute, don't get a job as a truck driver...no matter how many drivers' jobs there may be. You ARE in charge of your destiny... Think Globally: Act Locally!
JKH said:Suggesting that someone change jobs is the biggest bunch of elitist bullshit I've heard in a long time. It's easy to feel smug when you sit on your ass in front of a computer for a living
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