Whoa...

Sometimes you come across something that just blows you away. I recently read this article:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/01/16/169511949/a-mysterious-patch-of-light-shows-up-in-the-north-dakota-dark

This kind of thing is just amazing to me. It's been known for a long time that people - human beings - have a significant impact on the natural environment. While much of the impact can easily be written off as relatively benign, the visual impact of the oil and gas exploitation in North Dakota provides a stunning reminder that not everything we do to our world is good for it. Or us.

I believe that we have an opportunity to be good stewards of the world we've been given. Surely these resources are too valuable to waste in this manner. We are literally burning away our future in the name of convenience and profit. I think this is incredibly short sighted, and our posterity will not thank us for what we've done.