Comments on: Offshore drilling is bad news, and we should say so

By: timethief

timethief — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:01:42 +0000

All of the people who are visiting me have changed their lifestyles drastically. They are not mainstream folks … lol :D neither am I … we are environmentalists and political activists who are all semi-retired now, but still conscious.

By: timethief

timethief — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:59:10 +0000

We have to kick the habit. We have to develop green energy before we destroy the planet.

By: timethief

timethief — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:58:23 +0000

Normally I try to step back from the news but this has been a topic we have been discussing. I have a lot of company right now and will continue to have company until after labor Day. We all agree that off shore oil drilling and ocean tankers are not the answer to our energy problems and will only create yet more catastrophes.

By: On the Beach

On the Beach — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:58:15 +0000

[...] ranged from the intensely personal realm politics. We have exchanged opinions on everything from off shore oil drilling and oil tanker traffic to reciting spoken word [...]

By: Count Sneaky

Count Sneaky — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:56:06 +0000

Excellent post. I wish I could be more of an optimist, but until people stop driving gasoline automobiles and stop using natural gas generated electricity and using natural gas and fuel oil for heat and cooling and manufacturing; until they stop paving roads with asphalt; until they stop producing fiber, and making a thousand varieties of plastics; until they stop using petroleum to plow fields, produce pesticides and grow our food, propel our ships; fight our wars; make cable communication and wireless communication possible; make modern medicine possible…well, you see, until we can change our whole way of life and thinking there isn’t much chance that we will do more than protest and stop using plastic bags in favor of paper. I do hate to be such an incurable realist, but most people simply are not willing to give up the self-willed style of life that petroleum makes possible. Nuclear energy, wind power,and solar power together cannot fill this maw. But, this does not mean that we cannot continue to try to catch the conscience of the consumer and the corporation…perhaps, perhaps.

By: Lana

Lana — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:39:47 +0000

Although I agree, if I say that down here, in Southern Louisiana, I’ll be hung from the nearest tree…