Subscribe to RSS FeedI scrabbled up a hundred miles of tarmac and crunched across a gravel parking lot to hear a revealing discussion about a proposed Liquid Natural Gas terminal to be located in Narragansett Bay, RI. Yup, you heard me right. Some oil folks want to drop a terminal in Mount Hope Bay and sail some massive looking LNG tankers up and down these inland waters. Watch my phrasing here, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, this is a rotten idea. The talk was given by a fellow from Save-The-Bay and they have additional information on their website: http://www.savebay.org/Page.aspx?pid=1279.
You know, I worry some about these kinds of, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, wacky proposals. Times are tough and the resolve of the populous is weakened by the sheer effort of living. It's like a boat owner juggling a newborn, a job, extended family commitments, a mortgage, and car payments. Yeah, the boat gets launched, but she's got that creeping unkempt look. You know what I'm talking about, dusty sheer to fiberglass, bleached-out canvas cover, frayed lines, beard of green on the lower unit, etc. There's just too much else stealing the owner's time and next year, well, the owner's heard to say: "Heck! I'll just let her sit this season." And the leaves gather, and the fiberglass splinters, and the bright-work flakes and then she's just an eyesore. A vine wraps up and around a boat stand and a year or two later, in the snap of an Autumn breeze, the stand kicks out and the boat smacks down. The hull's cracked and they cut her up, and pile her into a container.
To be blunt, things and people and relationships take effort. If you think something like this LNG proposal isn't what you want for the Bay, you gotta stand-up and do something. Call Save-The-Bay, call your local legislator, call somebody and voice your opinion. "We all think of the inconvenience of making an effort. We're all going to do the right things a little later on. Soon. But soon slides by so easily." (J.D. MacDonald, Cinnamon Skin, p. 75, John D. MacDonald Publishing, Inc., 1982)
Underway and making way.
--- JKF
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