Something I rarely do.

Talk at all about current events, news or politics.

But this one just can't escape my notice.

The oil rig disaster.

And the profit-driven way in which it is being handled.

The loss of human life was horrendous.

The loss of animal life, and what is to come for the environment there?

Catastrophic.

And we are told this is "not a disaster".

Please try...I mean really try, you oil company executives, politicians and business analysts...to say that with a straight face.

And if anyone believes you, shame on them.

There are no effective methods to deal with oil spills and leaks from wells or giant tanker ships. None.

The reason for that is twofold.

One is that it is a liquid being released into the ocean. That's akin to trying to gather up a bottle of cooking oil you spill in your jacuzzi. Good luck with that.

The other reason is that nobody bothers to invest in the kind of advanced measures and technology required to prevent it in the first place, or to build things capable of containing the leaks. I am sure it would not be cost-effective for an oil company. It might end up costing a billion in research and development to do so.

Millions of birds and animals will die as a result, and a huge and vital ecosystem will be all but obliterated for decades.

The impact on a purely emotional level, caring for the welfare of living creatures is huge to me and many others. It is suffering on a scale in wildlife terms such as humans have suffered at the hands of brutal regimes.

The impact to the diversity of life, the food chain, the balance of the interdependence of wildlife, plants, plankton and nutrients for them is incalculable.

Nature is capable of withstanding and reacting to many harsh changes, occurring over long periods of times.

But is ill equipped to deal with the reckless hand of man, who can destroy it all in the time it took me to write this blog.