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Just look in the mirror next time you're at the filling station for a minute to remind yourselves why we're in this mess . . .
by aresant 16y ago
Just look in the mirror next time you're at the filling station for a minute to remind yourselves why we're in this mess . . .
- bugmenot 16y agoWhy? Will there be a broken blowout preventer behind me? It's not my fault that BP or their sub-contractors ignored all safety procedures.
- lurkinggrue 16y agoLook, I just need one more tank as I try to get my shit together. Shakes I can quit anytime I want.
- mkramlich 16y agoBuy a Prius Hybrid. It's like half-quitting.
- earnubs 16y agoOur use of oil no more explains the Deepwater Horizon accident than our use of fertiliser explains the Texas City Disaster.
- proee 16y agoThat's not really true. Just because you consume a product does not mean you share the responsibility of someone who produces it with negligence. However, if this topic was about global warming and C02 emission, then yes you could blame everyone who uses fossil fuels...
- aresant 16y agoIn my lifetime nearly every major environmental disaster, major war, and major economic crisis has been tied to oil. Not ENERGY, but OIL. American's (myself included) are too terrified of losing our cars or making oil unaffordable to demand reasonable regulation on the industry or investment in real alternative technologies. This has nothing to do with global warming & C02. That's just the icing on the cake.
- blhack 16y ago>American's (myself included) are too terrified of losing our cars or making oil unaffordable to demand reasonable regulation on the industry or investment in real alternative technologies. Let's save the America self-hate for now. We're not the only country in the world that uses oil.
- aresant 16y agoFair comment - but check this out: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con_percap-energy-oil-consumption-per-capita http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con_percap-energy-... We rank #23 out of 230 on a per capita basis, nearly everybody above us is either an Island nation where transport costs factor in huge or a Middle East nation with plenty of oil in their back yards. The average American uses 2x as much, in running total, as do the French . . .
- waterlesscloud 16y agoCompare inhabited land area of the two nations. Now, about those transportation costs...
- mitjak 16y agoOr when you eat your meat raised on corn raised on petroleum based fertilizer. Or when you realize that 70% of your waste is plastic. Or when you realize that the reason 'they don't build 'em like they used to' is because they build 'em all out of plastic nowadays or other petroleum derivatives. Filling up your car is the least of the problems. You can take transit tomorrow. You can't stop eating.
- mkramlich 16y agoI can stop eating plastic tomorrow. Wait a minute.