Re: bloody oil...is chevron clean?

[Tribal <tribal@earthlink.net>]

  > > = Shannon
    > = Ernie
  
  ernie yacub wrote:
   
  > >       STOP DRIVING FRIGGIN' CARS! GET IT!
  
  > >By creating a unified network of activists and concerned individuals,
  > >some who are already working on one or more of the above mentioned   > >oil corporations, we can concentrate on the underlying consumption   > >levels that drive corporations to exploit oil extraction. There are  > >too many NGO's and activist affinity groups that are focusing on the     > >"brush fires", i.e., Shell's actions in Nigeria and Peru, Texaco in  > >the Amazon and Burma, Oxy in the Amazon, the various spills and       > >operations of Chevron.
   
  > the main reason for such work is to support the people's struggles in >those lands, especially those who are at deadly risk. and one way, as >you say above, is to stop driving cars. however it is a huge and >complex issue that requires many minds and hearts working in support of >each other in many different ways. for instance, the work that the >vancouver osn has done to lobby local governments to use other >suppliers...hence the question about chevron.
  
  Ernie, 
  
  Thanks for your thoughtful comments....it's taken me awhile to get 
  through a haze of e-mail and work to respond. I feel I must clarify my 
  position on the work of many NGO's and other activists' work on fighting 
  the oil industry. 
  
  When I suggested that too many activists were targeting individual oil 
  companies instead of looking at the larger picture of oil consumption I 
  do realize the need for supporting indigenous peoples whose land and 
  cultures are threatened by specific corporations. I fully support and 
  work on targeting individual oil companies as part of this support. 
  Although this is the case, I rarely see people presenting alternatives 
  to oil consumption when targeting a specific transnational within the 
  oil industry. 
  
  Switching from Shell to another oil company isn't a comprehensive long 
  term solution, it's a temporary solution. It's switching from one 
  problem to another problem- albeit that one might be the lesser of the 
  evils. While I cannot give an educated comment on Chevron's credibility 
  I highly doubt that they smell like roses when it comes to environmental 
  sustainability and human rights.
  
  A Shell is a Texaco is a Oxy is a BP is an Exxon is a Unocal is a Total. 
  In the end the ultimate oppressor is the consumer.      
  
  > >Consumption is the Pandora's box that is driving the destruction.    > >Let's work on closing the box. I'm not saying stop working on the    > >individual oil companies, but focus some of that energy into           > >alternative transportation, energy, and conservation. We can't fix   > >the symptoms if we don't identify and cure the disease. 
  
  
  > agreed...there is incredible strength in diversity and unity. 
  
  
  > >
  > >Peaceful,
  
  > >Shannon Mayorga
  > >WA Rainforest Action (formerly Seattle Rainforest Action Group)
  
  > regards
  > 
  > ernie yacub
  
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