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Mark Engler, Paying Oil’s True Cost
I won’t claim it was the first time in all these months, just the first I noticed. On Monday, my hometown paper had no mention of the Gulf of Mexico, BP, or what we’ve come to call its disastrous “spill,” though that word hardly catches the dimensions of what happened. On Tuesday, the catastrophe that filled front pages and topped the TV news month after month returned to the paper as a reporter-less seven-paragraph piece, headlined “Relief Well Nears Point of Intercept,” and tucked away at the bottom of page 15 (with a credit line reading only, “by The New York Times”). This was, of course, just a week after, as the piece put it, “a ‘static kill,’ or ‘top kill’ cemented the runaway well.”
Runaway no more. Now, only the story is running away.
One Comment on "Mark Engler, Paying Oil’s True Cost"
KenZ300 on Mon, 16th Aug 2010 9:27 pm
What is the true cost of oil? Adding in the environmental damage and the generous tax subsidies that oil and coal have their true cost is much higher than we realize.
What is the true cost of nuclear energy?
Add in the cost to store the waste FOREVER and it’s cost is exorbitant. Add in the fact that the fires in Russia are spreading contamination from Chernoybl when the wind blows the costs from this one disaster are incalculable.
Sustainable alternative energy like wind, solar and biofuels can provide an effective alternative to oil, coal, and nuclear. Wind, solar and biofuels will also provide a distributed energy system with local jobs.