I wrote this selection about a month ago after driving to work contemplating our energy ‘crises’.
Why do we maintain a dependency on foreign oil when we have resources right beneath us? Are we trying to save it for a rainy day? Well I might be inclined to say it’s pouring outside right now! We have oil, coal, and gas in our own country, right beneath our own soil and water. Instead of shipping it overseas why don’t we use it here? Subsidize with foreign oil not with our own. While we are using our own resources we should be devising ways to use renewable energy sources such as the powers of the wind, water and the sun.
Yes, the Gulf of Mexico oil leak was disastrous on its ecosystem and BP should be held accountable for the safety and techniques they use. Don’t prohibit drilling for the sake of the environment, revise, repair and continue. We must take care of our environment but we must also continue living as well.
