*ahem*

Most of you who know me, know my views on…well, a lot of things, because I am both loud and opinionated. I just hope I pull it off with panache. Or moxie. Take your pick.

But in response to this BS about opening up offshore oil drilling in response to rising oil prices that’s been making the rounds, the following analogy came to mind.

Let’s say you know someone who’s a heroin addict. So, you go up to them one day and say “well, I know you’re having a tough time. But it’s okay, I’ve figured out how to give you some relief. I know where you can get some more heroin.”

We’re using fossil fuels at an inherently unsustainable rate, and have been for YEARS. So much of our built environment has been built around this ridiculously unsustainable and unhealthy habit of ours. The solution to our problems is not going to lie in finding ways to extend our addiction to them for a few more months or years. The solution lies in getting off fossil fuels.

And don’t even get me started on the environmental implications of offshore drilling. Or the fact that it will take years before we actually see any of the piddling amount of oil that might be gained at the price of irreversible environmental destruction.

*temporarily stepping off soapbox*