I
realize this is strictly a business decision, but, in actuality it is
much, much more than simply business in dollars and cents
Is that ocean not simply gorgeous? Money cannot replace that ocean. We have only one Earth. The more we disrespect it, the worse life becomes for our children.
The dangers of such enterprises in the Arctic Ocean can be periless for human beings as well.
No one wins or loses when people and companies come to a common reality. Our children win.
For as gorgeous as the Arctic Ocean is please, please seal those exploratory wells as if they were never drilled.
Shell had some mishaps in Alaska, such as when its floating drill rig Kulluk, center, ran aground in 2012.
Credit
James Brooks/Kodiak Daily Mirror, via Associated Press
September 28, 2015
By Clifford Krauss and Stanley Reed
...Until now. (click here) On Monday, Royal Dutch Shell
ended its expensive and fruitless nine-year effort to explore for oil
in the Alaskan Arctic — a $7 billion investment — in another sign that
the entire industry is trimming its ambitions in the wake of collapsing
oil prices....