I deleted the first line I was going to write about the BP oil spill of one year ago.
The frustration I feel about that situation is compounded by the feeling of total impotence when confronting the abuses of big oil abetted by government. It’s a matter of picking your battles, I guess. My concerns are closer to home and I’m sure much more self-serving. After all it is all about me! However, having said that, the condition of the environment should be close to us all. The environment is the legacy we all pass on to the next generation equally.
Our local news here in North Florida extols the pristine quality of our beaches and seafood. However the marshes and wetlands of the coastal states are still victims of the spill with globs of oil soaked bottom easily demonstrable. Even though the beaches are clean there is a huge increase in dead sea animals washing ashore. I cannot help but believe there are even greater losses to sustain in future years as our planet becomes more brittle from our abuses compounded by Ma Nature. I’m thinking now of the recent nuclear disaster in Japan. These two events are too recent to assess their impact.
My husband and I own three vehicles and a pontoon boat. The cars are definitely in an ascending scale on the consumption meter. We’ve got a very thrifty Honda that is our “daily driver”. We cannot seem to break our dependence on our truck. We also have a vintage convertible we take out a couple of times a year. We won’t be cruising around much in it this year with gas prices at $4 a gallon. I think it would be a capital idea if Americans would take a few days and boycott the gas and oil and auto industries in a blanket show of disapproval over this whole stinking mess. The gas and oil part is self evident and the auto industry for failing to be responsive to our need for affordable fuel efficient vehicles.
How about July 4th as a boycott day, or the week of July 4th?
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