We have created a facility for transport by motorcar or by aeroplane, but side by side, we have created another difficulty, that a man has to go to his work three hundred miles away.
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June 30, 2010]Oil Karma
You wanted oil, you waged war in other countries in other parts of the world far away from home just for oil, so now Krishna has brought it to you, "Here you go, have your oil." More oil than you know what to do with. For oil you stained other lands with blood; now your own shores are stained with oil.
Christian Science Monitor June 29, 2010
- MARK SAPPENFIELD
Gulf oil spill: The story so far
Since the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion April 20, BP and the federal government have struggled to control the oil spill that has followed. The complex effort has involved several attempts to stem the flow of oil at the wellhead, amid uncertainty about how much oil, exactly, has been flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. Now in its third month, the Gulf oil spill seems likely to continue at least until August.
...Four days after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, there was a mounting sense that the disaster was not finished. Some 1,000 barrels of oil a day could be leaking into the Gulf, news reports suggested.
Fifty-two days later, scientists hazarded a different guess as to how many barrels of oil were leaking into the Gulf daily: 35,000 to 60,000. go to story
Floridaoilspilllaw.com June 1, 2010 -
Exxon Valdez foreman: ‘Oil is 1,000 times more toxic than we thought’
Many of the thousands of Exxon Valdez cleanup workers have died or have become seriously ill from inhaling the toxic mist and handling dispersants that contained benzene and other chemicals.
Of dozens of lawsuits that were filed by sick workers, seven were settled out of court and the records have been sealed.
...“What we know now is the oil is 1,000 times more toxic than we thought,” Savage said. “The BP spill is going to be worse. I’m warning workers to understand how toxic the crude oil can be.” go to story
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CNN: Almost All Exxon Valdez Cleanup Crew Dead!!!
CNN - June 25, 2010
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They are now busy in the petroleum problem. Yes. Yes. They have created this petroleum problem, this horseless tin carriage. Yes. They are thinking, "Better than horse. Now I have got this tin carriage." As soon as it is old it has no value. You throw into the street, especially in your country. Nobody takes care of it. But one must have this carriage. And it must run on petrol, and for that take labor, so hard labor, they go within the desert, drill it, and then take out the oil, then bring it in tanks. And it is called ugra-karma. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, that these rascals, demons, they have created ugra-karma simply for trouble to the whole people. That's all. Bringing destruction nearer, nearer. Now they are going on, and they make big work that means destruction and simply for creating a little comfort. Formerly also they were moving. Transport was there. But they do not like to remain in the former ways, because they have no other engagement. Better engagement that they do not know. Here is the better engagement: to come before Radha Krishna and glorify the Lord, try to understand our relationship. This is our real, real business, but nobody is interested in the real business. more
Advantage + Disadvantage = Zero
excerpt from lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.10, Los Angeles, September 16, 1972
The scientists, they are very much busy. Just this morning our scientist, Svarup Damodar, was speaking about an article: the scientists are very much busy that the source of supply is being decreased. Just like petroleum. Petroleum, gas, that is diminishing. Now, whole modern materialistic civilization is depending on the motorcars and aeroplanes, transportation. So if the petroleum supply is stopped, then what will be the condition of the society? Formerly there was no need of going to see a friend thirty miles away, because every friend was within the village. Now, because we have got motorcar, we create friendship with a man who lives fifty miles away. We accept a job fifty miles away. In Hawaii our Gaurasundara was going to attend office fifty miles off. By fifty miles off... In big, big cities like New York, Calcutta, we have seen people are coming to attend their office from hundred miles off. I have seen also in aeroplane there are many people... I have seen in England. Many workers or gentlemen, they are coming from Glasgow to London for working, by aeroplane.
So we have created a civilization that... We have created a facility for transport by motorcar or by aeroplane, but side by side, we have created another difficulty, that a man has to go to his work three hundred miles away. Side by side. Formerly, a man used to work on his field, a few steps from his house. Now we have created facility of transport; therefore we have to go to work three hundred miles away from home. This is the position. But they have no brain. They're thinking they're advancing. Advancing in this way, that "For my livelihood I have to go three hundred miles, three hours at least, not less than three hours. Or six hours I have to spoil. Then I can go to my office. Then I work there whole day, and again come, again six hours. Then I come at night to sleep along with my family for three hours." Yes. This is our facility. Yes.
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