'The Earth, as Candle'

The oil is not going to last forever, and when we humans reach the "bottom of the tank", our earth will no longer have its lubricant that acts as a coolant for this planet.  We're on the hot road to hell, as far as oil drilling is concerned, and if we don't change our ways soon, life on this earth is indeed going to become very difficult.

 I think we are in the midst of changing times.  We need to see a great societal ideological shift away from the same "business as usual" attitude that has gripped our society for quite some time now.  Part of this shift should be in the area of power creation for our planes, trains, autos, buses, boats, and all of our buildings.  The changing times means that we will stop using fossil fuels (mostly).  I say, "Bring it on!"

 That would mean that any human on this earth that relies on the oil industry as its sole source of income should find a new industry for financial income.  Get a new job, or start a new business!  I think that the wind and solar energy industries are the way to go.  And there will be the industries that are needed to build the new technology that will power all of our transportation sources.  We will have a lot of retrofitting to do.

This latest oil disaster is shocking.  But mankind's complacency and lack of ingenuity is more shocking!  It is due to the lack of ingenuity, the complacency, and greed for profits that we will see lots of death of wildlife and destruction of ecosystems caused by this BP/Gulf of Mexico oil disaster that is now unfolding before our very eyes.  But besides the greed, the complacency, and the lack of ingenuity, BP's attitude of "suck it from every crevice on earth" is incredibly irresponsible and careless.  So this oil disaster that is happening in the Gulf of Mexico should surprise no one.  Shock, yes; surprise, no.

The oil won't last forever.

The time for change is NOW!