Carbon Sequestering Reprise

Holy shit, i swear, the next mutherfucker to mention carbon sequestering get a fucking fist to the skull. ERRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGG!

This has got to be the scientific equivalent to designing a screen door for a submarine. Rather than doing the right thing and actually making a change, we'll collect the problem emissions and put them in a BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND so that the meanies don't warm up our planet and kill us all. i'll try to limit my list of reasons why this is so wrong as not to put you all to sleep but here are a few.

Any little kid can easily poke holes (pun intended) in this master plan. We've all seen what happens to a balloon with even the smallest of holes puncture through it's latex skin. The gas comes out deflating the balloon. Put all that gas in a big hole and i don't care how careful you are, any tiny, minuscule hole in the structure can successfully put all that gas right into our atmosphere, where we don't want it. Maybe they forgot to ask a geologist but small earthquakes and tremors occur with frequency in most locals.

Not to mention how successful we've been with containing our trash in big holes in the ground: Hmmm, can we say contaminated groundwater, regional cancer epidemics, etc. Gases do not need much of a hole to escape. Oh, and trapping/storing it in the depths of the ocean... yeah, we haven't fucked up the oceans enough with pollution and over-fishing, let's try something new to screw up the food chain and the source of a majority of our oxygen.

Lastly, the technology needed to greatly improve (if not stop) our current decent rate already exist. This is not some crazy conspiracy theory, the technology is not a secret or hidden. Look in any science/engineering/environmental magazine/website/blog and you can't help but stumble upon many of them. We just need to start using them. Fixed with little impact on our lifestyle.

The problem: greed and laziness. Ask anyone from another country to describe Americans and i am willing to bet greed and laziness are two of the first 10 adjectives listed. We want someone to just fix the problem for us so we don't have to think or do anything and those making large amounts of money off of the causes of our pollution don't want the gravy train to stop rolling along.

i've got a better idea, let's put everyone who mentions the words "carbon sequestering" in a deep hole in the ground so the rest of us can move on, put down our twinkies, get our asses out of that groove we've worn into the couch, and start doing the right thing. Otherwise our existence will not have lasted a fraction of the time the dinosaurs reign did. The choice is yours and you're making it for your children and grandchildren (if you last that long).

i know i get progressively less patient and coherent as i get worked up but this idea is fucking insulting to all of our intelligence. This is basically policy makers calling you a dumb-ass. You/we deserve better. Someone can offer you a piece of shit but you don't have to accept their gift and soil your hands. Let's leave them there standing with their own shit in their hands. Then we'll all be able to identify them: they'll be the ones standing there with stinky palms.