Periodicals>Newspaper Article: Clarkson, Jeremy (22 Dec 2002), Seat Leon Cupra SR1, The Times, Retrieved on 2012-01-31
Folksonomies: environmentalism Memes
31 JAN 2012
The Earth Self-Heals Better Than Humans Try to Heal It
Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant’s foot. The planet barely notices. After the Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska the oil company spent billions tidying up the coastline, but it was a waste of money because the waves were cleaning up faster than Exxon could. Environmentalists can never accept the planet’s ability to self-heal.Folksonomies: environmentalism
Folksonomies: environmentalism
The Exxon Valdes was equivalent of "sticking a safety pin into an elephant’s foot" for the Earth.