BP Oil Spill

This oil spill in the Gulf is yet another reason I belive our time, as well as the earth's itself, can no longer be measured in epochs or millenia, but perhaps merely in a handful of years. And we only have ourselves to blame. In our unmitigated arrogance, we humans have simply assumed that we have not only the right, but the expectation to consume all that the earth has to offer, regardless of the needs of other living things that share the planet, upon whom our own existence depends.

We have reproduced ourselves throughout our short history at a rate that would make a rabbit blush; we have transformed almost every beautiful corner of our natural environment into concrete and filth; and we have consumed every gift of nature to the point where it will soon run out of its bounty.