Thursday, September 11, 2008

An Aside; Not About Dogs


I'm a petroleum geologist. I spent about 16 hours today in the field visiting five of our well sites.


These wells will provide the gas that flows to the power plant that makes the electricity that keeps your homes cool in summer and warm in the winter. These wells will provide the oil that is sent to the refinery and refined into diesel for the truck that brings fresh produce to your local grocery store, turned into synthetic fibers and fabrics that are then used to make clothing and shoes that you are probably wearing now, and of course refined into gasoline for your car.





If you believe that "big oil" is the problem, then may I suggest that you go live naked in the woods and grow or gather all of your own food. Our economy, from top to bottom, is built on petroleum. A mature society should seek to transition their economy to a variety of energy sources. No one source is truly green, no one source is perfectly suited for all applications.

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