Editor:
Yes, oil is now used for things we use and make but we have the technology to pivot and make energy using solar, wind and wave. We can make plastic out of stuff other than oil. We can even make things from things other than plastic
We just have to pivot away from using our tax dollars to prop up oil companies and use the money to help the green technologies. We can even do this without losing jobs. There are already more jobs in the solar industry in the U.S. than in oil and coal combined.
Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador could put wind farms off their shores like Scotland and be part of the solution not part of the problem. Humans are smart and adaptable. Let’s not get stuck in the past technologies. With all recovery programs, step one is admitting you (we) have a problem. A definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting different results.
Joan Payne, Sechelt
