Stop Sealing from Mother nature, She will have her revenge!

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Originally uploaded by Sam Vekemans

.. A suttle title, but fitting for today's blog.
On sunday, was this ride, where going through farms areas and around the building site area for this Oil Refinery, it is very clear to me what the position of the locals here is.
The big question is, how can a huge company, by-pass EU law, and go ahead and build without the concent of the effected land owners in the area.
Ireland is defined and known as being Green, and a friendly country. .. It doesn't make sence to destroy that image with a oil refinery. .. The oil needs to be kept in the ground.

Here's the background.
A simple example, what happens to my bicycle when i dont oil the chain, and keep all the moving parts oiled? .. well it's going the crack and break... that's how to break a chain, and how to reck the bike... the barings need to be able to move about freely so the wheels can spin. ... I learned that a tiny washer, makes the difference, as it's all elements for the bike, making for an ejoyable ride.

So just as the bike has many elements which all work together, the environment, 'Mother Nature' also has elements.

See, the earth needs this oil, as it is importan to keep it all moving and in check. .. What's happening now in the oiside invironment is as a result of extracking soo much oil from the earth.

I'll give an example, lets say you have a big water well under the ground, and you extrack all the water. .. you end up with a huge cavern underground. .. all it takes is the regular movement of the earth, and you have a cave in, as the earth is trying the balance out for that lack of water.

... So just like under the sea, this is where there are many ellemnt which work together. .. Take out 1 element, and change it to a gas in the atmosphere... Well, mother nature needs to correct herself, as she needs to stay in balance. ..

Why do we get colds? Because our emune system isnt in balance, and out natureal antibodies arnt enough to fix it.

We have things like volcanowes, which emit toxic thinkgs to the environemnt. ... Buit what it also does is acreate new land, and heats up the water around, and stir up the water and creates room for new life. ... As salt water probably cant survive with the new volcanic ash, but rain water probably can... and it brings in new life.

..Forest fires, well with pine trees, the only way the pine trees can rejouvinate is with a natural forest fire. .. ,.. what fires do is clears an area, so then a new meadow can grow and flurish, bringing a whole new type of live, different than the forests bring. ... As we need those open spaces. ...
the open spaces, as we saw back in Alberta and Saskatchewan, these are vital, as they are like a huge boling alley for mother nature... as winds can pick up and gather strength, as there is little to stop it. .. so by the time it gets to the rockies, or over the great lakes, it has gathered enough momentum and picked all kinds of seeds, and lets things move about. ..

We need heavy rain, as it brings nutrients from up in the mountains, down to the sea, and brings in new life to the delta area. .. again vital...

So each element; Earth, wind, Fire, Water all needs to be in balance.
Take out one element, or destroy it.. then other nature needs to use the other 3 and works to cover up the loss.

... Folks, the solution is simple.
Dont steal from mother nature. .. Let the price of oil be way to expencive, so then it will allow for new technologies to develope and grow. .. As it's only with demand that new technologies will prevail.

Case in point. .. It was only because Ipods became cool, that the technology of the Ipod became beter... we had different versions. .. Playing with the actual MP3 file, and how it gets played... now we can watch TV on the thing. ... WiFi only became the standard, because more and more people started using it, and BlueTooth, once was an action caused by eating too many blue lollypops, is now a standar technology which is used everywhere. ... Only because it became popular and people want it.

We now have blog websites because people want it.... It was a creation of inventive people who simply took what people wanted, and made it rediuciously for anyone to make a website which looks cool. ..

Flickr happened because people wanted a good water to share photos... on a hiend level... now on google earth, we can see more flickr photos than panoramio photos... because people want it.

So people, why not take a stand?
1. Demand that you buy the most effient vehicle possable, and dont stand for anything else.
2. Make your decisions based on the fact that oil for the car is Soo expencive,... so you need to live closer, or pay that extra cost.
3. .Encourage and support the movement for fuel tax, where the tax gets put onto renuables. .. other countries do it, ... which is why more vehicles are becomming more efficient. .. as they still want the market.
4. Car-pool and take a bike, and walk to where you want togo. Dont take unnesery trips to the store, and dont Idle. Your just wasting Gas. ... Dont Idle! ... you shouldnt complain about the cost if you continue to drive solo, and short distances.

Cheers,
Sam