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.