Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.

Our beliefs, our values shape the way we look out at the world and the way we treat it. If we believe that we were here, placed here by God, that this - all of this creation is for us, it's for us to go and occupy, dominate and exploit, then we will proceed to do that.

So we draw lines around our property, our counties, our cities, our states, our countries. And, boy, do we act as if those lines are important. I mean, we go to war. We will kill and die to protect those boundaries. Nature couldn't give two hoots about our national boundaries.

It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

We have become a force of nature.

The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.