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Thanks to technology, we have an opportunity never before available to people: We can watch live video footage of the BP oil leak. Please take five minutes of your time to do so, free from distractions, keeping your attention on the leak as you recognize that what you see has been going on 24/7 for over a month. Take in how the huge plumes of the heavy, dark oil unfold effortlessly, relentlessly, into the water. Recognize all that you know about what is being born and what is dying as this oil pours into the ocean. I, like you, am addicted to using oil. I drive a car, I ride planes, I buy great snack food that has been transported over 1,500 miles to my local grocery store. Please, for your sake and all our sakes, watch the video. And then let's start talking to each other about this, in grocery stores, in shopping malls, at family picnics. ORYTHA SVIEN, MINNEAPOLIS