So I keep getting the Credo "fight for [insert important cause]" emails and this one about preventing Congress approving more deep shore oil drilling really struck me. So I "edited" (read: erased) the tree-hugging message they supplied and wrote my own. Maybe someone important will see it and say, "Huh, I didn't think about this whole oil thing like that". Anyway, below is what I wrote.
I have to say, when I was a kid during the 80s and seeing the promises of technology being shown on TV and in the movies, I really didn't consider the fact that our dependency on oil is what would hold us back from reaching some of those goals. The reason I say that is steps in providing America, let alone the world, with an electric or non-fossil fuel using car have been more or less stymied by the oil industry. We are still dependent on oil, a susbstance that has a lifespan due to how much we consume. It's long past time America and the world as a whole move on to fuels or technologies that will do the same work without continuing to harm the environment and ourselves. The recent oil spill in the Gulf is a prime example on at least WHY we should begin the weaning phase from oil. It was a stepping stone that has brought us a long way technologically. Imagine how much further we can go when we 'cut the apron strings' (as it were) on our dependence on oil and embrace better fuels and technologies. And there are other benefits to really pushing America away from fossil fuels in the sense that more research and development means more jobs, more innovation. It'll help drive bigger, broader forms of education that'll really inspire the minds of the younger generations to reach further than their parents and grandparents. Getting away from fossil fuels will ultimately broaden our horizons and help put America back at the forefront of technology. So, please, help America get away from oil by not funding more drilling. Because eventually there won't be anywhere left to drill. And if we are still dependent on oil for everything, that means we will have reached our limit as well.
