Wiping out the Gulf

Corruption in Washington leads to catastrophe

Collusion between government and industry always leads to disaster

(NaturalNews) Over a week ago, I published an article here on NaturalNews questioning the media spin on the massive oil spill in the Gulf. That story, entitled https://www.naturalnews.com/028749_Gulf_of_Me... ), stated the following:"It's hard to say exactly what's going on in the Gulf right now, especially because there are so many conflicting reports and unanswered questions. But one thing's for sure: if the situation is actually much worse than we're being led to believe, there could be worldwide catastrophic consequences. If it's true that millions upon millions of gallons of crude oil are flooding the Gulf with no end in sight, the massive oil slicks being created could make their way into the Gulf Stream currents, which would carry them not only up the East Coast but around the world where they could absolutely destroy the global fishing industries."Now, barely one week later, it turns out thatUSA Today now reports:That same article also explained:Thealso reports now that as much asmay be leaking into the GulfThe New York Times also chimed in on the topic over the weekend with some absolutely shocking (and disturbing) revelations:In other words, while the government has been telling us the leak is only, the true volume could be more likeIt hardly needs to be stated that 80,000 barrels of oil a day leaking into the Gulf of Mexico couldOxygen levels have already fallen by 30 percent in waters near the oil. When water loses its oxygen content, it quickly becomes a so-called "dead zone" because marine species simply can't live there anymore. (Fish and other aquatic creatures need oxygen to live, obviously.)With this volcano of oil still erupting through the ocean floor, we could be witnessingin the Gulf of Mexico.And yet we're faced with a virtualof truly accurate news on the event. Both the oil industry and the Obama administration are desperately trying to limit the videos, photos and stories about the spill, spinning everything to make it seem like it's not really much of a problem at all.It's much like the media coverage of the War in Iraq, where all video footage had to be vetted by the Pentagon before being released to the public. Remember the uproar over the leaked photos of coffins draped in American flags? That's what the Obama administration no doubt hopes to avoid by suppressing photos of dead dolphins and sea birds in the Gulf of Mexico.The truth, as usual, is being suppressed. It's just too ugly for the public to see.Of course, the truth has always been suppressed in the oil industry. Even the inspections on this particular oil rig were, well,. It turns out the rig wasn't even inspected on schedule ( http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100516/ap_on_bi... ).It also turns out that the Obama administration actually gave the Deepwater Horizon an award for its history of safety! That was before the whole thing literally blew up in their faces.The oil industry, you see, is just like every other industry that's regulated by the federal government: It has a cozy relationship with regulators.It's the same story with Big Pharma and the FDA, or the meat industry and the USDA. Wall Street and the SEC. Every industry that's regulated eventually turns the tables on its regulators and ends up rewriting the rules for its own benefit.The oil industry has been able to get away with so many exemptions and loopholes that the regulatory environment is now lenient at best. The Deepwater Horizon, for example, was given all sorts of exemptions to engage in risky drilling operations without following proper safety procedures. And who granted it these exemptions? The U.S. federal government, of course!So nowin this mass-murder of life in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the government thatthe series of events that led to catastrophe in the first place. And now, this catastrophe could lead to a near-total wipeout of marine life throughout the Gulf (and possibly beyond).In a worst-case scenario, this could destroy some percentage of life in oceans all around the world. It could be the one final wound to Mother Earth who bleeds her black blood into the oceans for ten thousand years, destroying life as we know it on this planet.All for profit, of course. Let nothing stand in the way of another billion dollars in oil company profits! (Regulators? Bah!)I hope BP can find a way to suction some of that oil out of the ocean. If they can manage such a solution, they should then turn around and dump the entire slick across the landscape of Washington D.C. to coat all the bureaucrats in the black slimy shame they no doubt deserve. This isn't about some random accident, you see: It's aboutThe fishing industries in and around the Gulf of Mexico could be devastated for. The diversity of life in the marine ecosystems there may soon find itself on the verge of collapse. And still there is no real solution for stopping thethat continues to gush out of this gaping wound in the Earth herself.I can only wonder what kind of hare-brained ideas these oil men are coming up with now to stop the flow. A nuke bomb expert has reportedly been sent to the area by the Obama administration as part of some sort of "dream team" of super smart people to find a solution.But it begs the question: If we were so smart,There's enough sunlight energy striking the deserts of Arizona to power the entire nation indefinitely! Free energy technology continues to be suppressed in large part by oil company interests (and the arrogant scientific community), and renewable energy technology has received virtually no government support whatsoever.If we were really smart, we wouldn't be drilling holes in the ocean floor and hoping we can cope with whatever comes gushing out. We'd be installing(CSP) installations across the deserts of America or building more wind power generators. We've be investing in electric cars and alternative fuels rather than burning up our future with fossil fuels.The smartest thing we could do right now -- after capping the volcano of oil, of course -- would be to make a commitment to. But that goes against the financial interests of the oil companies who all want to keep us trapped in their system of fossil fuel dependence no matter what the cost to the environment.And so we plug along, handcuffed to an outdated fuel source and still running our ridiculously historicalwhich should have been phased out decades ago and replaced with electric motors.Humans are slow learners, it turns out. Our modern civilization isn't really that "modern," and it only seems to learn from catastrophe rather than intelligent planning.The question remains: How much more damage can our planet handle from Man's arrogant pollution? At what point does all the chemical contamination, fertilizer runoff, carbon emissions and runaway oil pollution of the ocean add up toWe're playing a global game of Russian Roulette right now with the future of human civilization... and the oil companies just can't stop pulling the trigger. There's little question where we're all going to end up if we don't change our ways and find a cleaner way to power ourcivilization.