We are all guilty

Matthew Modine:Sucking Big Oil's Tit

Our nation is the biggest consumer of oil on the planet. The oil spill in the Gulf is our collective fault. Period. Every animal that dies, every job that is lost, every beach that becomes tarred with clumps of smelly black crude oil is on our hands. We are all complicit because of our unwillingness to move away from, and curtail our addiction, to oil. So before we look for someone else to blame, before we start the lawsuits, have a good, long look in your rearview mirror, America. What do you see? Look around as you sit in your car, stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic -- do you notice that there is one passenger in 80% of the cars? When you raise your bottled water to your lips, do you consider the carbon footprint the water bottle has made from distillery to your hand? Or that the plastic bottle is made from oil? If you're a supporter of motor sports you're extra guilty. Indy 500? NASCAR? Guilty. Motorcycle races? Monster truck races? Tractor pulls? Guilty. Internal combustion engines burn gasoline made from oil and that is why we turned away, turned a blind eye to, and complicity allowed companies like BP to "drill, baby drill" in a mile deep of water. Period.

Read the entire article. This actor is so eloquent in telling us the truth.

We have to act now.