"President" Bush wants to end an existing moratorium on off-shore drilling, this means allowing drilling for oil off the US coastline and opening the Alaskan Wildlife preserve for drilling as well, his pitch to the people is it will lower gas prices.
Some reports claim the oil got from these reserves will only last for 2.5 years (based on the current rate of consumption in the US) and other reports claim that the actual price decrease will be a measly 4 cents a gallon. So basically if we go ahead with the Bush-plan we would be ruining our coastline and tourism industry, hurting the environment, devastating the last preserved wildlife reserve in Alaska for a petty savings of 4 cents a gallon that would last for only 2-3 years.
Now, I don't know if the above reports are accurate or not, what I do know (from past experience) that President Bush is not always accurate, remember the "Iraq WMD theory"?, it led us into Iraq where no WMD's were found..but where thousands of American soldiers now lie. So when Mr. Bush says it will lower gas prices..how accurate is he this time?
Meanwhile, if we let this proposed thing happen, as humans we would have reached a new low. As the most evolved species on this planet that we call home, it is our duty to preserve the natural order of things, it is our duty to preserve the environment and it is our duty to speak for those that cannot speak for themselves. Yet, time and again, we have shrugged off these duties, we've killed animals for our own benefit or pleasure, we've ruined forests to grow concrete jungles and we've done our best to ruin the oceans with our oil leakages and industrial wastes. And now, once again..we pick up our drills and head into the last remaining frontiers of wildlife to ruin that too.
I was looking at footage of the recent flooding in the Midwest and the devastation it caused to peoples homes and businesses and the pain to the people living there, this is an example of the environment enroaching on OUR land..how does it feel? Don't we hate it? That's probably how the animals feel when we take over their land and they cant even give Televised interviews to complain!!
We need to wake up to our own responsibilities, we have been faced with the impossible before and we got over it with innovation didn't we? We said we would and we did put a man on the moon didn't we? Where did that America go? Why do we now look for short term benefits v/s long term results? Why cant we put all the money we would invest in these drilling activities into searching for alternative fuels instead? Isn't that the real long term solution in any-case? And if we take that decision now..wont we sleep a little better knowing that we saved some animals in the process?
If Mr. Bush really wanted to help the Americans, he would introduce policies to promote and better public transport and carpooling instead of suggesting drilling as an option. There are other options out there and only we can find them if we try!! A recent poll shows only 1 in 4 Americans still believes in Mr. Bush..and yet 57% Americans might approve of drilling for oil ?? How can you agree with the policies of a man you dont believe in?
Wake up America! Speak for the animals who cant speak for themselves, lets show them we are the more evolved species and lets show them why.
