We rely on fuels for transportation, a non-renewable resource, and since the age of industrialization began its been slowly killing our planet. The latest oil spill off the coast of Louisianna is yet another reminder of that we are an unsustainable course and desperately need to find new alternatives to energy for our cars and homes.
Our reliance on fuel is of greater concern than most may realize, just look at the amount of deaths cause by CO2 emmissions. Or take a closer look in real time the rate that barrels of oil are pumped, accumulation of CO2 emmissions, and respiratory infections. Link
To the huge corporations, this is a wake up call. Of the top 10 in the Fortune 500 list, 7 are directly related to oil, and one is a car manufacturer. Since big business probably sets the policies as often or more than the government, it seems unlikely that these companies are concerned with anything other than profits.
Take a look at the following graphic illustrating the oil spill caused by a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. If the oil well causing the spill isn’t plugged in 50 days, it will overtake Exxon Valdez as the largest oil spill in U.S. history. (click image for larger view) 
A look at what’s happened:
Does it seem that there is much more to fear that emissions? Everything works in cycles. The precipitation in the air that waters the food we grow comes from the sea. Are we unconsciously poisoning ourselves?
The demand for energy is only going to increase as the population does, and as developing nations become more affluent their increases use further compounds the problem.
The need for renewable energy or sustainable energy is practically beyond the eleventh hour. Sorry for the doom and gloom, but something is going to give without change.
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Time for a change.
Clean energy is available, it only has to be employed.
The initiative to implement is the missing piece of the puzzle.
It appears big oil is too big to say no to.