Informant38

{I'm not getting enough sleep lately. not for a long while now, so I'm a little fuzzy thought-wise. but as near as I can tell the current situation is a fairly simple one. the earth's weather has entered a period of chaotic re-adjustment, mostly because of a pretty dramatic change in the make-up of atmospheric gases, most of that change being due to the burning of petroleum. at the same time the exponential rate of population growth has brought with it an eponential increase in the burning of petroleum. the US accounts for about 25% of world petroleum consumption.

also traffic mortality statistics for the United States are pretty consistently around 50K per year, children making up a significant subtotal of that figure. and as far as childhood mortality statistics go, car 'accidents' are the leading cause of death for children in the US, and for people under the age of 30.

so, using the Drug War's template of cause and accusation, we can say the use of gasoline is the leading cause of death for children in America. just as we can say heroin kills x-many people per year, rather than overdosing-on, or adulteration-of etc.

the use of gasoline is the leading cause of death for American children, the use of gasoline has so radically altered the climate of the planet that many people are worried that mammalian life may no longer be sustainable here, and the government of the US is going to wage a war that may well lead to nuclear conflict and the subsequent fragmentation of global civilization, in order to preserve our supplies of gasoline.

seems like overkill to me, but like I said, I need more sleep than I'm getting.}