A Slick Future?

Consumerism, Economics, Society, peak oil — by Marc Roberts May 6, 2010

Courtesy: Marc Roberts

The black stuff engulfs the gulf and Greenwash fails to make it go away.

Or, another alternative:

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• Wow, I was just about to write you all about how awful a photo that was on the front page…I like the 2nd option a LOT better! Add some oyster mushrooms in that picture somewhere to clean up the oil spill!!
  Peace!

  Comment by Isabel — May 6, 2010 @ 1:52 am

• I really love the second picture; it’s so design-intensive! In contrast to the oil-intensive world we live in today. The oil-intensive world might seem comfortable, but it has no deep meaning, no true feeling. The second picture represents the life-zone, which is so much richer than the comfort-zone, because it’s so rich of interaction-design; it’s so full of patterns that together form a beautiful pattern language, A LIVING WHOLE!

  Still, our prime minister wants to drill for oil in the most vulnerable areas of the Norwegian cost, in Lofoten. Lofoten has some of the largest deep sea coral reefs in the world, several bird mountains and is the place where the cod fish of the Barents Sea sponge. Why? Why keep on with our oil-intensive communities? I’m not sure, but I think the Norwegian Oil Found already owns 1-2 % of all stocks in the world. Lofoten is probably the most important spot for marine life in whole Europe, and maybe the most beautiful. Why risk this gem when we already have our barn full of grain? Have we forgotten about the parallel told by Jesus about the rich man?

  I have decided now, I want to go to Lofoten this summer for my holidays. I want to see it before it’s spoiled by big money oil industry.

  Learn about Lofoten in Wikipedia:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofoten

  Comment by Øyvind Holmstad — May 6, 2010 @ 2:09 am

• The insane thing is, even if BP claims they will pay for damages, under current legislation (introduced by Bush senior), there is a cap – they won’t have to pay more than 75m US-$, thanks to the “Oil spill liability trust”. I.e. all big oil companies put money into a pot, and if something happens, they won’t be that keen on getting the situation under control as fast as possible, for the money to pay for it will come from that pot.

  http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6445SI20100505?type=politicsNews

  “Although energy companies are responsible for all cleanup costs related to oil spills, current U.S. law limits their liability for lost business and local tax revenues to $75 million.”

  Comment by Thomas Fischbacher — May 6, 2010 @ 8:40 am

• Gotta love greenwash… its horrible what’s happened in the Gulf.

  Comment by Jess — May 6, 2010 @ 12:52 pm

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