PETROLORANT

Back when I was a youngster (day before yesterday) "they" would put me in jail for smoking God's own sweet herb.  Jeez! and I'm a sweet lil' ol' grandpa who contributes to the community and loves most of mankind, hasn't stolen anything of note for years and years, doesn't beat his wife (except at cribbage...I will cheat in this instance if she is in good humor) and does not show a weapon.
        And yet few react to the fact that my whole country, in fact the entire 'civilized' world!, is ADDICTED to PETROLEUM!
       All of petroleum's wonderful side-effects like difficulty breathing (CO in the air, (used to be lead (Pb) in the air) carbon in the air, secondary trash molecules in the air), pollution of the water, pollution of the land (both by direct and indirect means: spills, chemical fall-out including herbicide, fungicide, insecticide runoff (see pollution of water above); poisons manufactured by chance and intentionally (read Monsanto here)), 'safe' products that turn out noxious (think plastic containers bleeding toxic chemicals into water and food), and maybe even unconsciousness, coma and death are not enough to discourage this addition.

Whereas grass made me think the world could be a better place and that maybe I could help achieve this end, petroleum (a broad spectrum systemic poison), makes me either 1) quit thinking, or 2) think dark thoughts about the survival of a) the democratic system and b) ALL OF LIFE.

Could it be, possibly, that addiction to fossil fuels is a TERMINAL ADDICTION?