Spills

The threat (and the fact) of oil spills is yet another compelling reason to wean ourselves off of oil as soon as possible. If the sinking Nabarima tanker in the Caribbean spills its 1.4 million barrels of oil, the impact on ocean wildlife and fishing and tourism livelihoods in the region would be catastrophic – five times worse than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. We urgently need a global price – and preferably a tax – on carbon, so that these social and environmental costs are paid by the polluters and act as an incentive to rapidly decarbonise our energy and materials.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 4. Buy on Lulu ↗