Sunday, September 2, 2012

Thought Bubble




Thinking about the jackup rig in the bay, drilling in Cook Inlet and Kenai, preparations for drilling in the Arctic Ocean, the drilling to start here up East End Road. Thinking about record high temperatures around the world, droughts, floods, fires, extreme weather events, melting glaciers, record ice loss in the arctic. Just thinking.

“We're not the radicals. We want a world a little bit like the one we were born into. The oil companies are the radical ones. They are willing to alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere and water to make more money.... they're trying for a world that will jeopardize the future of most living things.... This is our challenge for the years ahead. If we can break their power, then our planet has a future.” —Bill McKibben





Tractor

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