A little something I whipped up
I am just down right fed up with the blind eye that Palin and McCain (I listed them in that order on purpose) are giving to the environment. I am not saying that Obama is much better on his environmental stance, but I am saying that if Palin and McCain take office, all hell will break loose-literally. When a campaign thinks that destroying ecosystems is a worthy cost for human comfort (that’s right, not need, COMFORT) something is horribly amiss.
By now everyone has heard about Palin’s apparent disregard for the well being of struggling polar bears, but have you heard that she has the same disregard for disappearing beluga whales? Have you heard about her supposed attempt to promote the killing of predators in Alaska (wolves, bears, etc.) in order to ensure that there are enough herbivores for visiting hunters to shoot? Messing with natural animal interactions is a fine line, and when it ends with airplanes and bullets chasing defenseless animals I feel it has been crossed twofold.
Aisling will tell you that drilling in ANWAR and offshore is the answer, and that it will hold us over while we investigate alternative fuel sources. What she won’t tell you is that McCain’s main plan for alternative energy is nuclear power and that nuclear power takes ten years to get up and running (that is per plant).
Aisling and her homie Palin will also tell you that offshore drilling is safe, effectively ignoring the fact that even so-called “safe drilling” kills everything that is in the water for a long distance when the drilling occurs. “Drill baby drill” is nothing more than a death threat for many struggling ocean species. I have an idea though:
If offshore drilling is as safe as Palin makes it out to be, I want her to dive down to the drill site and just hang out there for a few hours while the original drilling commences. While she is at it I want her to jump into a tub of oil (the male population of the country would sure appreciate that) and then try to get it off of herself without any human help.
Drilling for more oil to poison our earth is not the answer. By digging it up to make ourselves more comfortable we will destroy some of the last remaining wildernesses on the planet. Alternative energies of the solar and wind variety are the best options right now. People need to realize that since the industrial revolution we have been living in an artificial haven created by destruction.
To this post Aisling will likely reply saying I am a crazy hippie. Perhaps this is true, but when the research is examined it doesn’t change the fact that I’m right.
~Amelie Lillith~
