biocide: a memorial day for planet earth

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http://www.nationofchange.org/biocide-memorial-day-planet-earth-1369490128



Memorial Day weekend is a time to reflect on loved ones lost, and also an opportunity for many to get outside to enjoy God's green earth. Yet our consumption-driven lifestyles, and our continued burning of fossil fuels in stupendous quantities (even George W. Bush declared that our nation is "addicted" to oil), make it less and less likely our earth will remain green for future generations. For our children and their children, Memorial Day weekend may become a time to reflect on another loved one lost: Mother Earth.

I remember as a teenager reading a sci-fi story about deep drilling for oil. The crew drilled so deep, with so much power and rapacity, that the massive gusher they eventually generated consisted not of oil but of blood.

Mother Earth has given her lifeblood to us, but like the vampires we are, our thirst remains unsated.

The problem is that there is no Planet B. Most people, if they think about the damage we're doing to our planet, probably put their faith in some kind of technological miracle in the future to save us. Yet it's technology itself that's gotten us into this mess. That, and our insatiable greed.