When I saw the front-page picture [Oct. 24] with the title “Taking a stand for water” of Olympic Climate Action] protesters in Port Angeles objecting to banks funding oil projects, I couldn’t help but wonder:
Did that group of people all get together and carpool to the protest site?
Do they make a concerted effort to save gas on a daily basis?
Do they choose products according to packaging that does not require significant petroleum usage?
Drive small, efficient cars?
If so, good for them!
Most everything we do and the comforts, conveniences and security of the lives we now enjoy are deeply connected to oil and its products.
I just wonder what we are willing to give up to collectively make a dent in our society’s dependence on the stuff.
We are all challenged in that regard.
Can we find more effective ways to encourage less use rather than pointing our fingers at parties doing the business of it?
If we didn’t all demand so much oil usage, we wouldn’t be faced with the problems it brings.
Cindy Mackay,
Sequim