Parody Of Ignorance
May 22, 2008
Consider this if you will. Fred owns a small farm. In the middle of his property he discovered he had a good source of water, water that he could use for his home and to water and care for what few animals he had on his farm.
A city dweller bought a lot of land next door to Fred and decided to build a home. The city dweller considered digging his own well but didn’t think it would look good and might be detrimental to the environment, so he worked out an agreement to buy his water from Fred.
On the other side of Fred, another buyer purchased a lot of land and built a house. This new buyer, being an acquaintance of the city dweller, also opted not to dig or drill his own well. Instead, he too bought his water from Fred.
Fred is not an idiot and soon he realized that he could sell quite a few people water and right now he still had all the water he needed for his own use. Fred continued to sell water. More people moved to the area and bought Fred’s water until one day he realized he had to stop selling water to more people because he was running out.
People demanded his water for their needs. They had lawns to water and cars to wash, as well as swimming pools to fill. As demand rose, Fred decided he had to charge more for his water. He brought in water experts who told him that he really couldn’t get anymore water by digging more wells. Fred continued to raise the price of water all the while more people moved into the area, all refusing to dig their own wells but seemingly unaffected by the rising cost of his water.
Eventually, Fred was now making $5.00 for every gallon of water he sold and his buyers were getting mad. The neighbors got together and appointed a spokesperson to go talk to Fred and demand that he dig more wells and lower his price of water. Fred said he couldn’t do that and suggested that they needed to start digging wells on their own land so that they would have water at a cheaper price and not have to be dependent on Fred for his water.
They refused claiming that they would not spoil the pristine beauty of their land and refused to have to be subjected to looking out their back window and seeing a well. Certainly this would decrease their property values and cause environmental damage that could destroy our planet.
Fred suggested that if they were not willing to dig for their own water, they would have to reduce the amount of water they used but the neighbors would have nothing to do with that. Altering their lifestyles was not an option. Most people could well afford Fred’s water. They just didn’t think it was right that Fred was making money by selling a commodity that people depended on.
Fred once again raised the price of his water. When neighbors complained again, he told them he had other neighborhoods who had discovered that they needed more water and were willing to pay a higher price. This angered Fred’s neighbors who now claimed they were entitled to Fred’s water, once again demanding he lower his price and increase production. Fred refused.
The neighborhood coalition met the following week, hired an attorney and decided they were going to sue Fred because he refused to dig more wells.
Tom Remington
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Well, my moral of the story is NOT to drill in Alaska, but rather give “big auto” the incentive to build fuel efficient cars, go back to the 55mph speed limit, and stop using so dang much fuel.
We need to stop urban sprawl which forces us to drive for everything and start realizing that ’sharing a ride’ with someone is NOT unpatriotic or un-American.
Just my two cents.
Now, if he had a “bad water” spill like the “Valdes”, would he wipe out half the wildlife in Florida, or only a third of them? Oh, that’s right, Florida doesn’t have wildlife, just sand beaches and condos and alleygators. Where did you say those gators lived? Oh, yeah, they rented the condos….I forgot about that!
Big Oil + Big Auto= No drilling.
Until Big Oil has enough funding for
alternative energy sources, nothing
will change except the price (up).
OPEC has China by the balls just
like the U.S.. If OPEC has not slow-
ed production, they at least have not
increased it for fear of running out,
so they say.
We’ve done this to ourselves,
bitching all the way to the pump. And for those who can still afford it, stick it up yours and stop caus-
ing undue hardship on the real back-
bone of this country.
Let’s try what the greenies do.
“Be the Bear”, “be the wolf” to em-
brace their…..whatever.
“Be the Oil”.
Drill it here, IMBY.
DYW (don’t you wish)
It was in your backyard, you would be making millions…Trouble is, it’s usually in the next door back yard, where the racket and fumes and stench you would have to live with are with you day and nite. Might as well move to Mobile, or Newark. Money at what cost! Let’s find some alternatives, quick!
Jes, Awaska is wiwwy, wiwwy big.
eh eh eh!
Are you Fudding me, ar? I am not Buggsy for oil.
Yes, I know, and Alaska has been producing oil for years, and I imagine that there is enough there to power this country for 10-20 yrs, but speaking of the coast of Florida, in the Gulf, which is close to home for me, is of MY major concern…MY neighbor’s backyard! The fact is, there could be drilling there, too, IF enough safeguards were built into the agreements. But with big money comes big greed, and don’t count on much in the way of safeguards, with big greed. Maybe we, as a country, like the sleeping giant we are, need a monster kick in the ass, which is what the gas prices are doing….this is what it takes to bring change…and correction! And an oil independancy! And it’s gotta hurt!