I wish to express my deep admiration for those who went on trial for protesting frac sand mining in Winona.
What I would like the community to think about is this: Why is it the corporations in this country can use the law to keep the people out of their property, but we the people can't use the law to keep the corporations out of our property, namely the air we inhale or the water we drink?
We the people are made to pay the true costs of every aspect of this failed fossil fuel industry: silicosis, contaminated rivers, leaking and exploding oil tankers and pipelines, depleted groundwater, unsafe roads, ruined home values, democracy sold to the highest bidder, and a planet fouled and plundered for future generations.
Fossil fuel is a failed energy policy. Leaving a wake of destruction to provide a product cannot be the definition of success. If the energy industry had to pay all true costs it would not be at all competitive with sustainable, renewable energy.
Let this country get off of fossil fuels. Let's treat this problem like the emergency it is. With a World War II level mobilization we can do this now. We are all responsible.
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Donna Buckbee
Rushford
