37 Days and Counting...

It's been 37 days since the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded and sank setting off one of the biggest oil spills in U.S. history.  Leaving in it's wake the destruction of entire eco-systems and the economic livelihood of thousands. Since the time of the explosion a low estimate of 185,000 barrels to a high estimate of 925,000 barrels or 40,700,000 gallons of oil have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. After several failed attempts from BP to stop the leak there seems to be no hope of stopping the spill in the near future.  "Whose to blame?" seems to be the question of the day and fingers are being pointed in every direction. Is it BP's fault they operated the drilling rig? Is it Transocean's who built the rig? Maybe Halliburton, they poured the cement? Or is it the American public who feel entitled to drive giant gas gusling SUV's less than a mile to run errands?Don't worry there is enough blame to go around.So here's the solution.By changing our way of looking at transportation we can solve several of this countries and the worlds most pressing social, economic, and enviromental problems. From our dependance on oil both foriegn and domestic, to childhood obesitiey, and urban sprawl. And by changing the way we move around we can reduce and eliminate the need to drill for oil. If we ween our demand for oil, BP will not need to lease a drilling rig from Transocean who will not need to have Halliburton pour cement, because people will be out walking and on their bikes breathing fresh air.