Is peace in the world possible as long as we continue to demand fossil fuels? It is hard to imagine a broader corruption of our lives and our planets than has arisen around fossil fuels, particularly petroleum derivatives. The U’wa of Colombia believe oil is the blood of Mother Earth, and they have a sacred charge to protect their land and the oil. How far most of us are from the reverence of the U’wa and the balance of nature they preserve. In a world where everything is commodified, and a global economy has been rooted in oil (and now natural gas), those who control it control the world. This brings a level of greed and corruption that has decimated the planet, displaced hundreds of millions of people, and killed millions more. We are constantly distracted from the true costs of fossil fuels, and flags are waved in our faces to make fighting for oil companies “patriotic” and “fighting for our way of life”. Oh, how I wish that we would be told what “our way of life” means.