The past six years have definately brought globel warming to the forefront of all our minds. With Katrina, the Alabama,lousiana, mississippi, missouri tornadoes, Japan, the wonderul horribly cold winter of 2010... who wouldn't think about it? Of course, since 2008, we have went from banks failing, car companies failing,, Fannie & Freddie, AIG,...to recession,, recovery (sort of) to recession, hyper inflation, to depression. So with oceans on the rise, storms on the prowl, and an unemployment rate truthfuly double digit; what is more important? Enviroment or jobs?
Now, if I actually believed politicians were taking both issues into consideration, wanting to care for our Democracy, I might be crazy enough to say both? Can't jobs be created without destroying what is left of this beautiful wonderous creation of God? Why does it have to be one or the other?
You cannot make me believe that there are no enterprenuers intelligent enough to find Inventors who have already created or are in the process of creating solutions to both. Is it the rich lobbiest throwing down their fountains flowing from the endless rivers of money big business has caught the "big fish" politicians with for so many years? The elite, worried the oceans of money they have filled the system with won't net as much profit if say, big oil, gas, and coal become fossils?
You know, the very same amazing money makers, unregulated surprisingly during the Bush / Cheney years, which have added more CO2 to our air and hundred if not thousands of other "mystery" proprietary blends of chemicals (completely restricting the EPA from monitering) poluting our air, our rivers, ground water, and soil. The very same making countless men, women, fathers' mothers', and children deathly or chronically ill. Killed countless land animals and fish too. While, at the same time these very same companies have posted record breaking profits, some tripling one quarter to the next, but workers keep losing jobs though. Perplexed? I am.
Don't get me wrong, I know these are difficult and complex issues, but the gas companies have admitted to having more earth friendly safe solutions. The congressional committe was made aware, but the law passed by Bush, well gave the oil companies full control..so nothing was done. No oversite no regulations, no restrictions. How convienant? Do their children and families not live on the same planet?
I live near Ft Worth, Texas. Did you know per capita there are more gas wells within the metro area, in communittees no less, populated areas (are you getting my point) than anywhere? Our air gets so bad you can't go out. The smog over highly dense well areas is flammable, to the degree they advise not to light an outdoor grill. Asthma and other lung disease is growly exponentially. Still nothing changes.
I keep asking myself the same questions. Why are virtually no jobs being created here, minus fast food and part time? Why are they so reckless when solutions are available? Whay are the moving money to foreign banks in record numbers or just allowing large amounts to sit in banks, not allowing the banks to invest it? I find no reason why options have become virtually unavailable to so many when so many are available to us all. Not one peron should be unemployed. Not one should not be able to feed, clothe, and give shelter to his/her family. Not one should have to live in a tent or wonder how they will pay the mortgage or light bill. No one should go to be hungry. Not one, not just here in America, but worldwide.
http://m.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/09/nobel-winners-call-obama-reject-keystone-xl
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