Will this appetite for fossil fuels never abate?

Nuclear contamination is preferable–at least it is a relatively quick death.

You might care to read the Rob Kezelis article concerning BP’s Whiting oil refinery plant sited on Lake MIchigan with intent to process Canadian tar sands and to expel any effluvient into that lake. Canada refused to permit BP to process on their territory; evidently forcing them to pollute elsewhere; i.e., in the U.S. / : |

The details are under (c) within his article. I wasn’t aware that Canadian tar sand material would be exported afar to be processed which doesn’t make sense to me, but evidently Canada wants any pollution downstream from this source of low grade, but plentiful energy supply. Just about anything in our modern era requires a huge amount of freshwater to process. Canada has plenty, but evidently has drawn the line. Link to article follows:

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27232

Carl Nemo **==

“It is as enraging as it is heartbreaking, and we will not relent until this leak is contained, until the waters and shores are cleaned up, and until the people unjustly victimized by this manmade disaster are made whole,” Obama said…

…while vacationing in Chicago for Memorial weekend. All that is missing was “Now watch this drive!”

The Bush/Obama parallels are striking.