It is frustrating seeing people poke fingers at the government and the oil industry as the main precipitators of the disaster that continues to unfold in the Gulf.
Of course there is a government agency that is broken and the term "greed" probably doesn't begin to describe the oil companies, but the root cause of this and some much larger problems (like climate change) is our addiction to oil. I don't think we can legitimately blame others without first getting our own affairs in order.
We all know you can be happy with less stuff, but few of us believe it. Some religions preach it, but many of their followers chose to ignore that inconvenient part of the message. On the other hand there are those who are thinking a bit differently.
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