I want you to picture an oil well here...
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or here...
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or a flashing strobe light on a tower competing with the moon here....
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I want you to imagine competing with industrial traffic to get to the Slick Rock Trail...
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...like this...
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...and beautiful Moab sunset pictures...like this....
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...and imagine star gazing while gas flares light the night...like they currently are doing in North Dakota seen here by satellite...
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...and imagine these ancient water holes filled with industrial run-off...
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And the proposed area's surround Arches National Park...SURROUND IT! Think about that...
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Think it can't happen? Make sure it doesn't! Let the BLM know that Moab is off limits. All the info you need is here...http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/moab/MLP.HTML If you won't take 5 minutes to write a quick email in defense of this place, then they've already won.
Here's the worst part, the republicans say we need to drill more for energy independence, since obama the number of wells has gone up 350%. The oil industry is EXPORTING our domestic oil out of the country because they are getting big dollars for it. What the fuck is that about. Corrupt US government ripping the public off again !
ReplyDeleteDrilling is up on private and state land only. Land the federal gov/Obama does not have jurisdiction over.
DeleteUntil we (American's) can personally reduce our dependance on it, we will have these battles.
ReplyDeleteAlternative Energy is them most patriotic and environmental thing an American can do.
The impact of Oil, Gas & Potash Extraction of limited reserves in the proposed area will FOREVER effect Park Visitor's experience and the Tourism Based Economy of Moab!!!
ReplyDeleteTake FIVE minutes... make a difference!
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Magpie
Excellent! Thank you for writing this and posting it on the Moab FB page! I already put in my two cents worth... was struggling with how to get others to as well. Sharing your blog since you did it so eloquently.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this information
ReplyDeleteThank you for this- will certainly share. sorry Im late getting to the party here....
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this so those of us who don't live in Utah can speak up!
ReplyDeleteIf they are so willing and eager to destroy such a beautiful natural area, where does it end? If we don't stop them now and force them to look for alternatives, we can't start bitchin' when they want to destroy our backyards or towns to create oil fields. There are alternatives that wouldn't destroy the amazing beauty of this country and put wildlife in danger.
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ReplyDelete"Them" is "us."
ReplyDeleteI've been hiking, biking and 4x4ing in the Moab area my whole life. I've made the 6 hour drive from where I live four times already this year and am going back this month. Every time in a gas hog truck. When I sit drinking a cold beer (brewed in an other state) and eating fish and chips (fish as in from the ocean) at a side walk cafe in Moab after a hard day's play I am astonished at the amount of gas-guzzling traffic. Massive 4x4 trucks trailering ATVs, rock crawlers, trail bikes, buggies. Tour busses, motorcycles, motor homes....car shows, 4x4 events. And the truck traffic - all hauling the stuff we demand in our daily lives, especially the fuel tankers.
When I'm off-roading, or better yet bicycling and often hiking it is on roads built by the oil and mineral exploration industry, some as long ago as the 1920's.
If those of us who advocate a green lifestyle and love the canyons of Utah really put our money where our months are how would we get to Moab? Not many of those tourists are pedaling loaded touring bicycles.
My point is that nothing is easy, nothing is black and white, everything is a complex mix of factors and we are all hypocrites to some degree or other. Maybe the the energy companies are greedy and unreasonable in where they want to drill. Maybe the government is corrupt and in the pockets of industry. But who here can say with a straight face that they are not part of the problem as consumers demanding our stuff and paying unrealistically cheap prices for it????