Oil and Water Don't Mix - The Leak Continues...

So I heard this oil spill accident happened a couple months ago in the Gulf of Mexico. Apparently, this spill kicks the crap out of the Exxon Valdez. What a damn shame... you figure after one gigantic oil spill, there would be steps taken to prevent such a disaster from happening again... how silly of me. In fact, since the Exxon spill, there's been several accidents ranging from surface spills to rig explosions.

Eleven people died April 20, 2010 on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig. There's been plenty of blaming going around from Halliburton's cementing job on the rig to regulation forms being filled out by corporate employees rather than the actual regulators. Thousand of people are losing their livelihoods. Animals are either fleeing their natural habitats or dying in it. Beaches are getting small balls of tar washed ashore. Oh yeah... and it continues to spill into the Gulf. When does it end? And not only the spill, but the half-ass oversight of these oil companies getting their way all for the sake of the mighty profit.

A majority of the media I read or watched doesn't talk about the Eco repercussions of such a catastrophe in the long-term. There's a lot of discussion about cost, damage claims and if BP can maximize their profit with a clean-up. Okay, so media mentioned some possible species becoming endangered and the Louisiana wetlands and coastline not recovering for years to come. However, what about our water supply and the possibility of this leak never stopping? The leak is approximately gushing 70,000 barrels of oil per day into the Gulf with a trail leading out to the Atlantic Ocean for miles. It's been approximated that the size of the gulf spill can cover most of the North Eastern United States. BP will eventually stop this leak but there will be another and another and another. I'm not saying you'll be drinking oil with your cup of water. What I am saying is, this could create a scarcity of clean drinking water for future generations if we continue to drill everywhere.

I want to add in relation to clean drinking water, the film Gasland. It's a telling documentary of natural gas and water contamination happening all across U.S farmlands thanks to our very own home-grown Dick Cheney. A little paranoid am I? I would say no, but I am envisioning the possibility of clean drinking water becoming like gold. Very little and very expensive.

What's mostly disappointing is the solution is shining right down on us.

I'm concerned for the longevity humanity has, if the energy issue isn't sped up and resolved in the next 20 years.

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Another post coming very soon on some new prints. Also, I'll be signing up to do some vending at Creative Grove on July 23rd, but more details on that soon.

MH