The Oceans Deserve Our Respect And Care,

I Am Not In Any Hurry To Grow Up.

We Are Taking Way More Out Of The Ocean Than The Ocean Can Replenish.

Photosynthetic Organisms In The Sea Yield Most Of The Oxygen In The Atmosphere, Take Up And Store Vast Amounts Of Carbon Dioxide, Shape Planetary Chemistry, And Hold The Planet Steady.

The Sudden Release Of Five Million Barrels Of Oil, Enormous Quantities Of Methane And Two Million Gallons Of Toxic Dispersants Into An Already Greatly Stressed Gulf Of Mexico Will Permanently Alter The Nature Of The Area.

We Are All Together In This, We Are All Together In This Single Living Ecosystem Called Planet Earth. As We Learn How We Fit Into The Greater Scheme Of Things, And Begin To Understand How The System Works, We Can Plan Ahead, We Can Use The Resources Responsibly, To Show Some Respect For This Inheritance That Goes Back 4.6 Billion Years.