A few weeks ago, which is sad to write, I sent an email to BP, explaining my theory on how to stop the Gulf Coast oil spill. It was simple really, cart out tons of large rock, then tons of smaller rock, then tons of more rock, then add sand, soil, clay and regular dirt and send it all down to the bottom of the ocean and cover the leaking oil pipe with what is basically a mountain.
Today I got an email from the BP Horizon project thanking me for my idea and explaining that experts will be reviewing it.
Of course, all the while that the BP PR campaign is in full gear, nothing is really changing, except that massive amounts of oil is spilling up on shores from New Orleans to Florida. The president took to the airwaves tonight to do all sorts of things, but one of the key points he made was that it might be time to rethink our oil addiction and get off the crude.
Between car makes and oil pumpers we have heard the idea that now is the time to change the way we use petroleum and wean ourselves off of gas and oil and find news ways to energize our society. Years. I was a young teen when I first heard that new cars should get better gas mileage to avoid long lines at gas stations. That was over 35 years ago.
Nothing changes, because big business always trumps big ideas. It is just not in the big business best interest to change too much. They know they can make money selling gas powered cars. They realize that the people like to fill up their gas guzzlers with gas, not electricity. I don't know why.
Maybe people are just stupid. It does seem obvious, if there are cleaner ways to provide power to the things we need, why not do it? Why not power cars with electricity? Why not develop low cost solar for homes and business? What is the allure of gas and oil? How many spills and environmental hazards must we produce before we actually get motivated to do something, anything, to either cut pollution or stop dumping crap into our environment?
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