Sunday, May 30, 2010

And If You Think The Gulf Spill Is Bad.........

Consider the Niger delta. And also consider that they are paying a huge price to fuel our addiction:With 606 oilfields, the Niger delta supplies 40% of all the crude the United States imports and is the world capital of oil pollution. Life expectancy in its rural communities, half of which have no access to clean water, has fallen to little more than 40 years over the past two generations.

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