One year after the oil spill, what have we really learned?
On my way into the city today, I read an opinion piece by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) which I thought was pretty telling she called for more drilling and more coastal cleanups. So more oil and more restoration. The call reminded me of a story.
There was once an elderly man who went to the doctor. He was born in the 1940s and was a lifelong smoker. He was on a tighter budget living off some retirement and his monthly social security. His kids had asked him to quite smoking for years but he loved the smell; you see he was addicted to nicotine.
Before going to the doctors he went in to pick up a pack of smokes then went to the doctors to get fluid drained from his lung. He didn’t see the contradiction for he was a die-hard smoker.
A politician came to his senior home recently and asked what was it that he could do for them? The old man stood up cleared his throat and said cheaper cigarettes and better meds to help his ailing lungs.
When it comes to energy we're like that man. We want more oil and more money to help our deteriorating home.
Most Americans want a safe, clean, and abundant source of energy. But what if you can only have two of the three? Abundant cheap and dirty as with coal or clean and abundant as with nuclear.
How clean of a world do American’s want to leave their children? Well the answer is mixed. We ve increased car millage rates but we are on the verge of rolling back many environmental laws.
The good news is that Americans are very pragmatic, we’ll chart a forward course without government.
Our major challenge as Christians, will God's people take stewardship to heart? The Lord is asking, do you love me, more than these?
