From a Lakota sister.... Voices over Gas

It is depressing, and it also ought to be incredibly motivating.. to PUSH and to DEMAND your legislators to STOP pushing dirty polluting and destructive energy , off onto the population.. The ONLY reason we are "using" it, is because we have been sold out and lied to, by the industry itself.. who has pushed their agenda, and tampered with and pressured and bribed, our government officials, into giving them the contracts.. instead of funding renewables, instead of putting our tax dollars into solar, into creating alternatives.. the dirty OIL and GAS industry does not want the majority to KNOW that renewables ARE feasible, are actually already developed, are actually already created, waiting to be utilized.. WHY? Because they can't control the profit margin, and monopolize renewables, because they are more efficient, because they are passive systems, and don't require constant input from extraction.. so, it would ruin their game.. their money agenda and their power agenda! So, we see our Earth being irreversibly contaminated, poisoned, destroyed, overrun.. by an industry gone amuck, and the industry itself is not "regulated" for safety, for the environmental consequences of degradation, of chemical contamination, of pollution created above and below the earth. Why would any SANE person, EVER tolerate allowing anyone, to inject chemicals.. into our soil, into our Earth's crust? Insanity! Because what they are doing and what they are creating is destruction.. is not reversible, is not ethical, is not valuable, is not responsible.. and all the arguments we are given, as to WHY to use this energy, is all lies and deception. it is a smokescreen, it is politics and it is greed talking.  So, while we look at the photos and see the actual truth.. the underground aquifers are being irreversibly damaged and polluted, the air is being contaminated and poisoned, and we now have a major environmental health crisis on our hands.. affecting and impacting, our future, your future, our children's future,and all the life and living beings all around where they are doing the gas drilling.. It is a trade-off.. of natural gas, with no one analyzing accurately nor taking into consideration all the negative, long term destruction, to humanity, to local systems, to nature, to wildlife, to communities, to the greater whole, our planet. It is time to wake up and take action and speak up about these issues and raise conscious awareness so we can put an end to these things, for they truly are affected our ability to have a future.. When human beings alter and impact negatively, the natural balance of nature in any region.. it ripples out and affects and impacts, all other regions also. We cannot afford to destroy the Earth! The answer? Start your own solar company, form your own grass-roots organization, put pressure on your local and national government officials, who are supposed to represent YOUR interests, not corporations. And learn all you can about what is really at stake and happening and educate everyone in your direct contact circles, networks, neighborhoods and communities. We have to STOP allowing other people, make the decisions FOR us, that will and DO affect us, forever into the future. Don't you only want someone with true Wisdom and accurate knowledge to make those kinds of decisions, in the first place? At present, we let the energy industry, "ADVISE" us about their findings, for environmental impacts! What we want and truly need are impartial scientists and experts who can truly "advise" who are non biased.. and not funded and paid for by the energy industry. What we are really seeing in this country, has been a co-opting of our democracy, by lobbyists, who represent energy and private interest groups.. not the majority of the People. And it is time to change the system, and to apply solutions and standards and to also hold people accountable, when they grossly violate and harm the common welfare and good, by poisoning and contaminating public and private lands, and resources, like clean air, water and food supply, and also harm public health. The time to make wise decisions, is BEFORE any adverse affects happen, which means, we ought to switch to and advocate for, discernment and caution, in any and all decisions that potentially affect basic human needs, and health. And we ought to be protecting our remaining wilderness, wildlife all endangered species, whose survival always depends upon having prisitine and undisturbed environment.