We do need to change the way we price energy-- both fossil fuels and renewables.

And I fully agree that we need to accept responsibility for our consumption of fossil fuels as contributory to events such as the oil spill.

I would further suggest that we need to accept responsibility as voters. We need to elect officials who support changing our energy policies, and we need to speak out to our elected officials once in office.

There is an opportunity in this environmental disaster to use this as a wake up call on our addiction to oil, much as a DUI can wake up an alcoholic. The choice to get on the path to recovery is ours as a society.