Apparently, Obama’s “All of the Above” energy policy involves saving the planet while simultaneously trying to kill it. Why else would the president allow a multinational oil corporation to drill for oil in one of the most sensitive places in the world? Most people think of the Arctic as a vast swath of nothingness, but don’t tell that to these guys.
While “All of the Above” is a catchy name for an energy policy, it really just seems arbitrary and nonsensical. How else do you explain approving drilling in the Arctic when the US government’s own Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (the crew that approved Shell’s Arctic plans) says there is a 75% chance there will be an oil spill resulting from drilling in the Arctic.
Obama has definitely done plenty of good things for the environment, but it is astounding his administration would approve Shell’s Arctic exploration plans, then two weeks later go on a climate change tour of Alaska! Haven’t there been enough disasters in Shell’s quest to tap into Arctic oil? Pass along the animation, and be sure to dig into some of the links behind the ‘toon!
Obama:
Hello, everybody. Greetings from the beauty and majesty, that is Alaska . . .
. . . where under the direction of noted survivalist Bear Grylls, I will be wrestling with my environmental self.
A time of retreating sea ice, permafrost melting, climate change— is a time to open up the Arctic to oil drilling!
More powerful storms and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere mean— we must turn over sensitive habitat to Royal Dutch Shell.
We must come together to honor our obligation to the planet— and to oil leases signed under George W. Bush.
For we are the ones we’ve been waiting for— and by “we” I mean, a foreign oil company who will get the oil out of our ground!
We need not sacrifice what makes America great for short term gain— but, a seventy-five percent chance of an oil spill . . . is a chance I can live with.
So remember, when you see me on a melting glacier, an eroding beach, by a native— you can also see me approving Arctic drilling, okaying pipelines, and giving the nod to fracking.
For together, we must save the planet . . . and drill, baby drill.