Sunday, February 10, 2013

The Pipeline That Refuses To Die, And Just May Kill Us All

Keystone.  Just when most of us had considered it all but dead, a majority of Senators help to bring this Frankenstein's monster back to life.  See why bipartisanship is greatly overrated?  It mainly serves as a propellant for mediocrity at best, and disaster at worst.

And Keystone is without a disaster, an ecological disaster in the making that could destroy America's breadbasket, pollute the atmosphere beyond redemption, and give America NOTHING in the way of extra energy.  It will, of course, profit American oil companies, who so desperately need help with that (sarcasm).  That the Governor of Nebraska is willing to put the economy of his state in mortal jeopardy for this nightmare is beyond belief.

Want proof of the potential for Keystone to ignite the planet?  Take a look at what runaway oil drilling is doing to North Dakota.

Why can we not simply acknowledge what has been painfully obvious for a long time?  Our energy future--in fact, our economic future--depends on working with our planet, not ripping it to pieces.  We need to face the fact that renewable energy, like solar power, is not only better than fossil fuels but will be there long after the last well has given up its riches.

And it isn't just energy.  Across the board, we need to make the transition from a consumption-based economy to an economy based on the reuse and renewal of resources.  It makes sense.  And dollars and cents.  Even in New York real estate, this reality is finally being recognizedAnd in Israel.  And even, in its own way, by a conservative Supreme Court.

It's not nice to burn Mother Nature.  In fact, it's downright dangerous.  For God's sake, everyone, WAKE UP!  Stop Keystone, and everything it represents!

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