Posted by
Katherine Harms on Monday, August 04, 2008 1:16:08 PM
Dear Barack,
Hey, Barry,
We are very excited about your proposal to end the age of oil. We just don’t know how to do that. We need you to show us how this works.
For starters, how will you travel from place to place to make your speeches? Airplanes use petroleum-derived fuel. So do trains and cars. Will you be traveling bicycle? By horse and buggy? We need to see the solution, so we can use it for getting to work.
Then, what about your clothes? You seem to be well dressed with wrinkle-resistant clothing. The last I knew, cotton, wool and linen need to be blended with some synthetic fibers in order to achieve the wrinkle-free, stain-free look you present. Tell us about your clothes.
Do you wear sunglasses? If you do, I hope they are actually glass, with metal frames. We would all feel that you had betrayed your campaign if you were wearing plastic frames and lenses. We believe in you. Don’t fail us like this.
Also, we are concerned about the sound systems you are using. They must soak up a lot of electricity. Where the electricity is generated by hydro and nuclear plants, that would be fine, but what do you do when you go somewhere that is generating electricity with coal or oil? I hope you have a large megaphone. I’ll be watching your schedule.
And then there is light. When you speak inside or at night, I see that you are using electric lights. I think your campaign should carry a good supply of olive oil lamps – although it might be tricky to get a sufficient supply without dealing with Mideast companies. I hope you will solve that problem and share it with the rest of us.
I feel so ignorant. I’m not sure how we cook without electricity or oil. I don’t know how kids will get to school. How do we replace all the plastic with wood, glass and metal? My computer is made with a lot of plastic parts, and it runs on electricity. Where I live my only source of electricity is petroleum. I need your help pronto!
O Anointed One, we know that your vision exceeds the horizons the rest of us see. Show us the way to an oil-free future. Tell us now. We yearn for the wisdom only you can speak.