'We, the human race, still need a lot of oil, or millions will starve and go unclothed," says master shaper Matt Biolos.
Three days ago, Greg Long, surfing’s most decorated big-wave surfer and a man who was dragged unconscious onto the deck of a boat after nearly drowning at Cortes Bank, posted a passionate screed against Dutch company Shell hunting oil off the South African coast.
Greg wrote,
The fossil fuel industry is destroying our oceans and future! Despite being just days after the COP26 climate conference where global leaders agreed on the urgent need for climate action and ecological preservation, on Dec. 1 Shell Oil will begin catastrophic seismic surveying off the coast of South Africa in search of oil or gas deposits.
The vessel operated by Shell Exploration will, for five months, drag up to 48 air guns methodically through 6,011km² of ocean surface, from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns, (The Transkei Coast) firing extremely loud shock wave emissions that penetrate through 3km of water and 40km into the Earth’s crust below the seabed. The ship will work around the clock, firing the air guns every 10 seconds. In the process, marine life on the sensitive Wild Coast will be panicked and damaged.
It is time we hold government and industry accountable. We need systemic change that protects our natural world, rather than exploiting it.
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Greg asked followers if they might join in a protest if they happened to be in South Africa and, or, sign a petition.
All very nice, hard to argue with and so on, at least from the cocoons of our six-cylinder SUVs and with houses warmed and cooled by, mostly, coal-powered electricity.
Matt Biolos, shaper to the stars and anything but a wallflower, was quick to point out the hypocrisy in the post.
“I believe you’re doing good and passionate work, Greg. It’s a difficult situation,” Biolos began diplomatically before administering the fatal coup de grâce.
“I hope you back it up by driving electric cars, eating only locally sourced food, no longer traveling by air, not wearing the the Chinese made ( oil tanker imported) clothing Co that you work for and other radical personally sacrificing changes to make a true example of what’s needed to live with out developing more oil resources. (Personally, We now have have two E-cars in our household, as a small start) but the facts are, every product is moved around the world on fossil fuel burning ships and planes. We need 1000 Elon Musk types , ballzy enough to re-create the industrialized world…which will take 50+ years, at least. In transition, we (human race) still needs a lot of oil, or millions will starve and go unclothed.”
Subsequent replies and back and forthing centred on whether or not electric cars were much of an improvement, what with their damn batteries and the need to charge those batteries with electricity sourced from fossil-fuel powered electricity.
A circular firing squad!
Everyone dies!
Someone just need to bomb that ship. Case closed.
I think the snowboarder Jeremy Jones may be one of the worst offenders. Even appeared in an advert for a travel comparison company!
Doherty’s a gronk
Don’t give them more ideas to fool the 50% of the US who by definition are below average intelligence.
We are better for Dylan’s defiant move and I will crank up the following while I finish my short day at the desk in honor of his electrification:
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Oooooo heavy call comparing Biolos to Jonah Hill.
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Old guys like us know what the air in the LA basin and other cities looked like in the 60s and 70s. It has improved greatly and I for one am proud of the progress we have made on that front. BUT much remains to be accomplished and the virtue signaling hypocrites and political elite(energy secretary Granholm) who don’t know shit other than having a laser focus on building a power base to increase their grifting can fuck off. OK, I feel better now. Hopefully EP drills soon and my mineral rights pay off so I can justify the Taycan to virtue signal with the best of them…until then carry on, don’t support Patagonia’s faux ESG BS and drink locally sourced agave small batch sipping tequila!
Climate science is kind of like crystal ball gazing it seems. So much arguing, so tiresome. Why not instead focus on fighting polluting of our environment and preserving vital resources we need to survive? Pretty sure we can all agree on that one
Matt’s point is well taken, but he doesn’t get any points for an electric car. To make ’em it takes much energy, the batteries are toxic and have to be disposed of and energy in the form of oil, coal, etc. required to constantly be inputted. It’s a wash environmentally compared to gas powered vehicles.
The idea of a future of electric of everything isn’t going to happen. This bubble was burst for me recently. Bought an electric chainsaw and lawn mower. Frequent battery changes for lawn mower to do full yard (half acre). Hmmm….ok whatever not a big deal. Was cutting down a bunch of smaller tree’s with said chainsaw which takes about minute on average. Chainsaw malfunctions – no work. I rent a gas powered – smaller – chainsaw from Home Depot. Same size tree’s get cut down in about 10 seconds. Cuts threw the rest of tree’s like butter. The labor and time save with the gas saw was huge. I now have a greater appreciation for petroleum based energy and am looking forward to a Petroleum based energy future – that and nuclear. But alas humans are stupid and easily fooled so we’ll keep taking vaxxes that don’t work (except for population control for which they work great) and using less efficient energy.
Climate science is kind of like crystal ball gazing it seems. So much arguing, so tiresome. Why not instead focus on fighting polluting of our environment and preserving vital resources we need to survive? Pretty sure we can all agree on that one
And transgender.
The amplification of dipshits has to stop. More shark stories please.
Next stop will be Graceland.
I take consistent yoga breaks and acai bowl breaks in between my online shaming of others.
I’ve been on the rig when the seismic boats go past. It’s just a bubble of air. It’s not catastrophic, otherwise I can assure you we’d have been surrounded by dead fish.
There’s a lot of well meaning people who are poorly informed.
Matt could start by snorting less cocaine. That shit comes from speed boats than burn a helluva lot of gas.
I need a Biolos vs Slater keyboard warrior feud
I see your borderline-relevant analogy, and I raise you a “what if something something whatabout?”
Ah yes, the old “you’re not allowed to criticise anything unless you’re the embodiment of unattainable virtue” argument.
“How can you be an abolitionist, when you’re still wearing cotton?! You need to be naked before criticizing slavery.”
“How can you advocate for clean air in LA and be against smog, when you’re still breathing!?! You need to stop breathing before you can do that.”
“How can you complain about me shitting on your doorstep, when you leave skidmarks in your undies?!”
Confucius says, “Man who farts in church, sits in own pew.”
Yeah it’s a shit argument but I respect he’s out there entertaining us being a muckracker.
The GW shark population has reportedly dropped in South Africa, and it may be because of this particular oil seeking technique.
Australia should also do it around their whole coastline, non-stop, continuously, without break, for ever.
Not to actually find any oil, but to scare the sharks back to Africa and elsewhere.
They could even do it from sailing ships to use less oil…