Advancements in technology do not contain the carnage that comes with our main energy sources when the [BLEEP] hits the fan.


Fukushima, Deepwater Horizon, etc. Whether it's a nuclear power plant, an oil rig, fracking which contaminates water.. all technological advancement in design has done is make catastrophic events less likely. They still happen in modern times and [BLEEP] up the planet.


It's not that there aren't alternatives. We choose not to pursue them as a government.


There were statewide protests this week to protect the underwater rivers in Florida. You didn't hear about them. Standing Rock protested the building of a pipeline across sacred Native American burial grounds in part because it could threaten drinking water. Sure enough 150 miles away a pipe burst and polluted the river.


Why does it make better sense to continue on a path we know is not the safest or the cleanest? What's the worst thing that can happen if we moved to an energy solution that is more solar/wind/hydro based? Nobody is starting wars over that like they do oil. There are no emissions or pollutants. You don't think other major cities can have similar water supplies to Flint, MI? You like that oil speculators hold you and I by the short and curlies with what we pay at the gas pump? What could we do to the economy of countries that truly hate us like Saudi Arabia if we weaned ourselves off our oil addiction?


There's always gonna be another catastrophe if we maintain our existing energy plan. Another Exxon Valdez. Another pipe burst. Another fracking gone wrong. God forbid another meltdown.


It's ignorant and arrogant to think this cycle will not continue just because we have advances in technology. We need to be smarter and more honest with ourselves about what we can do differently.

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