Not where I live! Here in Dunedin and the surrounding areas, the beaches are still pristine and beautiful, the birds not soaked in oil. Thank goodness. I was prepared to rush to the beach at the first sign of oil to volunteer my services to help preserve the beach and the wildlife, and I still will, if it comes to that. The panhandle may not be so lucky, but that remains to be seen.
The whole thing just infuriates me. With all of the technology we have for more environment friendly forms of energy, is oil really this necessary? I don’t think so. We have many alternatives for producing energy and fuel that we could realistically use, such as electric cars, solar panels, and hydrogen fuels. The oil racket just infuriates me.
If we must have oil, could we at least keep it off the boats and therefore out of our oceans? Not drill offshore? I know, I know, in a perfect world. Well, in MY perfect world anyway. Call me a treehugger if you must…..lol… but I just hate seeing anything that hurts our environment or our wildlife more than we already have.
For now, this area is still our own little paradise, and we have no plans to leave it.
