Every Time I Slip Into The Ocean,

The Earth Is A Unique System In The Universe, The Only Planet We Know Of That's Hospitable For Humankind.

It Has Taken These Many Hundreds Of Millions Of Years To Fine-tune The Earth To A Point Where It Is Suitable For The Likes Of Us.

It's A Fact Of Life That There Will Be Oil Spills, As Long As Oil Is Moved From Place To Place, But We Must Have Provisions To Deal With Them, And A Capability That Is Commensurate With The Size Of The Oil Shipments.

Ironically The Very Energy, The Very Basis Of How We Know What We Know, Has Been Reliant On Having An Energy Source [necessary] To Build Rockets To Go To The Moon And Mars, To Support Airplanes That Fly, And Satellites To Give Us Our Communication.

We Are Depleting This Immense Diversity And Abundance Of Life, And It Matters Tremendously For The Future Of The Planet.