Crude Oil is Cruel Indeed

Since the first day of the Gulf Disaster i have been watching and waiting to see how man would address his folly. It has taken this long for some kind of temporary solution to hold weight. Every time i see a bit of news about the oil gushing into the Gulf i feel my blood begin to boil with contempt for BP's KGB-like dismissal of safety concerns as the world saw with Chernobyl. The notion that they have destroyed not only the Gulf, but harmed everything around it, including people, makes me sick with disgust.

What i didn't expect was for the cruelty of crude oil to hit so close to home. I figured while this terrible thing was happening in the Gulf, at least we are spared here in the Midwest.

I was wrong...

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Michigan-river-oil-spill

Over 800,000 gallons of oil have been leaked into the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek Michigan... the oil has been spotted 16 miles downriver from the spill, although members of Enbridge Inc., the company owning the line responsible for the leak, claim that they do not expect the spill to travel any further due to containment efforts. While this company readily accepts their responsibility for their spill and immediate began cleanup (in drastic comparison to BP in the Gulf), there is no question in my mind that mining for oil must be stopped.

As living beings on this planet, we cannot expect to survive with our continued addiction to oil. More manpower and resources need to be diverted to research in Photovoltaic (Solar) cells and Wind Power transduction. Cars need to all be made hybrid, and hopefully, one day, we will see efficient solar vehicles. It is clear that oil, when let loose by poor engineering (which i have 0 tolerance for) influenced by corner-cutting higher-ups, ravages the environment and kills and harms thousands of lifeforms.

We need to speak out, our voice must be heard: end the cruelty of crude oil.

Deep Dark Secrets

Deep Dark Secrets:

The blue holes of the Bahamas yield a scientific trove that may even shed light on life beyond Earth. If only they weren’t so dangerous to explore...

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/08/bahamas-caves/skiles-photography

check out this amazing photographic footage of incredible dives to unreal underground caves

Inspired by Conflict

This is a copy of a message i sent to Youtube user "benfaust" in response to his video: Science and Atheism vs. Psychic Phenomena.

Hello there.

Thanks for the add and the follow.

I understand your gripes with the western scientocracy; i have been to the far reaches of human consciousness and experienced things and emotions that simply cannot be explained within the confines of a double-blind experiment. You seem to grasp this, so it is more a rhetorical question but.... i must ask, do you understand what true science has to offer us? To me science has light and dark aspects: it shows us the importance of critical thinking and doubting the obvious, it encourages us to be both observant and creative, and it warns us of those who would use collected evidence or "statements of fact" to influence the masses how they see fit. It attempts to safeguard our race from mindful manipulation and blind faith while science itself at large seems to be the greatest tool for just those things. So... there is fundamental hypocrisy in what we know as science today, just as there is hypocrisy in what we know and have known as religion.

What i encourage is the melding of what we know, with the unlimited expanse and potential of what we don't know: to reject fear and promote curiosity.

I am now a student of (Integrative but chiefly) Oriental Medicine: i actively learn about that which is well established within the limited scope of science as well as that which is not, of which the concept of 气 (or "qi" as it is transliterated in pinyin) is a fantastic example. As a student of Integrative Medicine i see the body as composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems, as well as 气, 血，精，and 津液。Investigate for yourself (www.orientalmedicine.com), the Chinese knew more about the human 5,000 years ago before any of our western forefathers.

I admire your tandem belief in god and dedication to free thought. It is hard to be both spiritual and rational in today's world. It seems that one must be crammed into either this box or that.

Keep up the good work.

peace and respect,

aloefire