Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victims

Translator: Murel Merivee Reviewer: Triin Sinissaar

This is the ocean as I used to know it.

See on ookean sellisena, nagu ma seda kunagi tundsin.

And I find that since I've been in the Gulf a couple of times,

Aga ma tunnen, et alates sellest,

kui ma käisin paar korda Mehhiko lahel,

I really kind of am traumatized because whenever I look at the ocean now,

olen ma traumeeritud,

sest millal iganes ma nüüd ookeani vaatan,

no matter where I am,

ükskõik, kus ma olen ja

even where I know that none of the oil has gone,

isegi kui tean,

et sellesse kohta nafta ei jõudnud,

I sort of see slicks,

kipun ma siiski õlilaike nägema.

and I'm finding that I'm very much haunted by it.

Ma tunnen, et see

häirib mind väga.

But what I want to talk to you about today

Kuid täna tahaksin rääkida teile

mitmetest asjadest, mis

is a lot of things that try to put all of this in context,

aitavad seda konteksti asetada,

not just about the oil eruption, but what it means and why it has happened.

mitte ainult naftalekkest,

vaid ka sellest, mida see tähendab ja miks see juhtus.

First, just a little bit about me.

Esmalt pisut minust endast.

I'm basically just a guy that likes to go fishing

Ma olen mees, kellele meeldib kalal käia ja

ever since I was a little kid, and because I did,

seda juba alates lapsepõlvest.

Seetõttu

I wound up studying sea birds

sattusin ma uurima merelinde,

to try to stay in the coastal habitats that I so loved.

et jääda oma armastatud rannikupiirkonda.

And now I mainly write books about how the ocean is changing,

Nüüd kirjutan ma peamiselt raamatuid

sellest, kuidas ookean muutub.

Ja ookean on muutunud väga kiiresti.

and the ocean is certainly changing very rapidly.

Now we saw this graphic earlier on, that we really live on a hard marble

Me nägime sarnast joonist ka varem.

Et me elame tõesti marmorikuulil,

that has just a slight bit of wetness to it.

millel leidub

vaid pisut niiskust.

It's like you dipped a marble in water.

Justkui korraks vette pistetud marmorikuul.

And the same thing with the atmosphere:

Sama kehtib ka atmosfääri kohta.

If you took all the atmosphere and rolled it up in a ball,

Kui võtta kogu atmosfäär

ning veeretada sellest pall,

you would get that little sphere of gas on the right.

saaksime vaid selle piisakese gaase, mis paremal joonisel paista on.

So we live on the most fragile little soap bubble you can imagine,

Seega me elame

kõige hapramal väiksel seebimullil, mida ette võib kujutada,

väga pühal seebimullil,

a very sacred soap bubble, but one that is very, very easy to affect.

kuid sellisel, mida on lihtne mõjutada.

And all the burning of oil and coal and gas, all the fossil fuels,

Ning kogu see nafta, söe ja gaasi põletamine!

Kõik fossiilsed kütused

have changed the atmosphere greatly.

on atmosfääri oluliselt muutnud.

Carbon dioxide level has gone up and up and up.

Süsihappegaasi tase muudkui tõuseb.

We're warming the climate.

Me soojendame kliimat.

So the blowout in the Gulf

Seega naftareostus Mehhiko lahel

is just a little piece of a much larger problem

on vaid väike osa

hoopis suuremast probleemist, mis on tekkinud

that we have with the energy that we use to run civilization.

seoses meie tsivilisatsiooni käigushoidmiseks kasutatava energiaga.

Beyond warming,

Lisaks kliima soojendamisele on

we have the problem of the oceans getting more acidified --

meil ka ookeanide happelisuse suurenemise probleem.

and already measurably so, and already affecting animals.

See on juba mõõdetav

ja mõjutab ookeanide elustikku.

Now in the laboratory, if you take a clam and you put it in the pH that is not 8.1,

Kui me läheksime laboratooriumisse,

võtaksime merekarbi ja paneksime selle

vette, mille pH ei ole mitte 8,1

which is the normal pH of seawater, but 7.5,

nagu mereveele tavaline,

vaid 7,5

it dissolves in about three days.

lahustuks merrekarp umbes kolme päeva jooksul.

If you take a sea urchin larva from 8.1,

Kui võtta merisiiliku vastne

veest, mille pH on 8,1

put it in a pH of 7.7 -- not a huge change --

ja panna see vette, mille pH on 7,7,

mis pole just üüratu muutus,

it becomes deformed and dies.

sandistub see peagi ning sureb.

Already, commercial oyster larvae are dying at large scales in some places.

Austrikasvandustes surevad vastsed

juba praegu massiliselt

mitmes piirkonnas.

Coral reefs are growing slower in some places because of this problem.

Korallrahud kasvavad

sama probleemi pärast aeglasemalt.

So this really matters.

Niisiis on see tõesti oluline.

Now, let's take a little tour around the Gulf a little bit.

Võtame nüüd ette ühe reisi

ümber Mehhiko lahe.

One of the things that really impresses me about the people in the Gulf:

Selle piirkonna inimeste puhul on märkimisväärne,

et nad on tõesti veest väga sõltuvad.

They are really, really aquatic people.

And they can handle water.

Ja nad tulevad veega toime.

They can handle a hurricane that comes and goes.

Nad saavad hakkama ka tormidega, mis tulevad ja lähevad.

When the water goes down, they know what to do.

Kui veetase langeb, teavad nad, mida teha.

But when it's something other than water, and their water habitat changes,

Kuid kui tegu on millegi muuga

ja nende vee-keskkond muutub,

ei ole neil palju võimalusi.

they don't have many options.

In fact, those entire communities really don't have many options.

Tervetel kogukondadel

ei ole midagi peale hakata.

They don't have another thing they can do.

Neil puuduvad muud võimalused, mida teha.

They can't go and work in the local hotel business

Nad ei saa minna tööle

kohalikku hotelli,

because there isn't one in their community.

sest nende kogukonnas pole ühtegi.

If you go to the Gulf and you look around, you do see a lot of oil.

Kui te lähete Mehhiko lahele ja vaatate ringi,

näete te ohtralt naftat.

Te näete ohtralt naftat ookeani pinnal.

You see a lot of oil on the ocean.

Te näete ohtralt naftat rannikujoonel.

You see a lot of oil on the shoreline.

If you go to the site of the blowout, it looks pretty unbelievable.

Ning kui te lähete reostuse lekkepaika,

avaneb seal uskumatu vaatepilt.

It looks like you just emptied the oil pan in your car,

See näeb välja, nagu te oleksite

and you just dumped it in the ocean.

tühjendanud oma auto kütusepaagi otse ookeani.

And one of the really most incredible things, I think,

Kõige hämmastavam asi

is that there's nobody out there trying to collect it

on minu meelest see, et mitte keegi

ei ürita seda kokku koguda

at the site where it is densest.

kohtades, kus naftat on kõige rohkem.

Parts of the ocean there look just absolutely apocalyptic.

Need ookeani piirkonnad

näevad välja täiesti apokalüptilised.

You go in along the shore, you can find it everywhere.

Minnes piki rannikut

leiab seda kõikjal.

See näeb väga kole välja.

It's really messy.

If you go to the places where it's just arriving,

Minnes kohtadesse, kuhu nafta alles jõuab,

like the eastern part of the Gulf, in Alabama,

nagu lahe idaosa Alabamas,

there's still people using the beach

võime näha, kuidas inimesed käivad ikka veel rannas,

while there are people cleaning up the beach.

samal ajal, kui teised üritavad seda naftast puhastada.

And they have a very strange way of cleaning up the beach.

Neil on ranna koristamiseks kummaline meetod.

They're not allowed to put more than 10 pounds of sand

Neil pole lubatud panna rohkem kui 4,5 kilo liiva

in a 50-gallon plastic bag.

190-liitrisesse kilekotti.

They have thousands and thousands of plastic bags.

Neid kilekotte on tuhandeid.

I don't know what they'll do with all that stuff.

Ma ei kujuta ette, mida nad selle kõigega peale hakkavad.

Samal ajal käivad inimesed jätkuvalt rannas.

Meanwhile, there are still people trying to use the beach.

Nad ei märka seda pisikest sildikest

They don't see the sign that says: "Stay out of the water."

kirjaga "Vetteminek keelatud".

Their kids are in the water;

Lapsed on vees, tõrv kleepub

they're getting tar all over their clothes and their sandals--

nende riietele ja sandaalidele. Jube.

It's a mess.

Piirkondades, kuhu nafta jõudis juba varem,

If you go to where the oil has been for a while, it's an even bigger mess.

on olukord veelgi hullem.

And there's basically nobody there anymore,

Seal on rannad sisuliselt inimtühjad,

a few people trying to keep using it.

vaid üksikud inimesed üritavad

ikka veel rannas käia.

You see people who are really shell-shocked.

Te näete inimesi, kes on üdini šokeeritud.

They are very hardworking people.

Need on väga töökad inimesed.

All they know about life is they get up in the morning,

Nende arusaamine elust on selline, et nad tõusevad hommikul üles,

ja kui mootor käivitub, siis lähevad tööle.

and if their engine starts, they go to work.

They always felt that they could rely on the assurances

Nad on alati tundnud, et võivad usaldada

seda kindlustunnet, mida loodus neile

that nature brought them through the ecosystem of the Gulf.

lahe ökosüsteemide kaudu on pakkunud.

They're finding that their world is really collapsing.

Nad tunnevad, et nende maailm variseb kokku.

And so you can see, literally, signs of their shock ...

Me võime näha selgelt

märke nende ehmatusest,

signs of their outrage ...

nende solvumisest,

signs of their anger ...

nende vihast

and signs of their grief.

ja nende leinast.

Need on asjad, mida on võimalik näha.

These are the things that you can see.

There's a lot you can't see, also, underwater.

Aga on palju ka seda, mida pole võimalik näha,

sealhulgas vee all.

What's going on underwater?

Mis toimub vee all?

Well, some people say there are oil plumes.

Mõned inimesed väidavad,

et seal hõljuvad naftapilved.

Some people say there are not oil plumes.

Mõned väidavad, et naftapilvi pole olemas.

Kongresmen Markey küsib:

And Congressman Markey asks, you know,

"Is it going to take a submarine ride to see if there are really oil plumes?"

"Kas me peaksime allveelaevaga sinna sõitma,

et näha, kas naftapilved on tõesti olemas?"

But I couldn't take a submarine ride --

Aga ma ei saanud minna allveelaevaga sõitma,

especially between the time I knew I was coming here and today --

eriti alates ajast, mil ma teadsin, et olen siia tulemas -

seega pidin ma ise tegema

so I had to do a little experiment myself

ühe väikese eksperimendi,

to see if there was oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

et näha kas Mehhiko lahes on naftat.

So this is the Gulf of Mexico ...

See siin on Mehhiko laht,

sparkling place full of fish.

sädelev paik, mis on täis kala.

And I created a little oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ma tekitasin väikese naftareostuse

sellesse Mehhiko lahte.

And I learned, in fact, I confirmed the hypothesis

Ja ma sain teada - või tegelikult tõestasin hüpoteesi,

that oil and water don't mix ...

et nafta ja vesi ei segune,

kuni ei kasutata dispersanti.

until you add a dispersant ...

and then ...

Ja siis

they start mixing.

hakkavad nad segunema.

And you add a little energy from the wind and the waves,

Lisame pisut energiat

tuulest ja lainetusest.

and you get a big mess,

Ja saame suure segaduse,

suure segaduse,

a big mess that you can't possibly clean,

mida pole võimalik ära koristada,

you can't touch, you can't extract

mida pole võimalik katsuda ega eraldada.

and, I think most importantly -- this is what I think --

Ja, mis minu arvates kõige olulisem,

you can't see it.

mida pole võimalik näha.

I think it's being hidden on purpose.

Ma arvan, et seda peidetakse tahtlikult.

Now this is such a catastrophe and such a mess

Antud juhul on tegemist sellise katastroofi ja korralagedusega,

that lots of stuff is leaking out on the edges of the information stream.

et infokanalite kaudu lekib nii mõndagi välja.

But as many people have said,

Kuid, nagu paljud inimesed on juba öelnud,

there's a large attempt to suppress what's going on.

toimuva mahavaikimiseks tehakse suuri pingutusi.

Personally, I think that the dispersants are a major strategy to hide the body,

Minu isiklik arvamus on see, et

dispersandid on

kaval strateegia, kuidas laip ära peita,

because we put the murderer in charge of the crime scene.

sest me paneme mõrvari enda

kuriteo lahendamise eest vastutama.

But you can see it.

Aga meil on võimalik seda näha.

You can see where the oil is concentrated at the surface,

On võimalik näha, kuhu nafta

veepinnal koondub ja

and then it is attacked,

seal seda siis rünnataksegi -

because they don't want the evidence, in my opinion.

minu arvates selleks, et varjata tõendusmaterjale.

OK.

Olgu.

We heard that bacteria eat oil?

Me oleme kuulnud, et bakterid söövad naftat.

So do sea turtles.

Sama teevad merikilpkonnad.

When it breaks up,

Dispersandi abil lõhutud naftal

it has a long way to go before it gets down to bacteria.

võtab tükk aega,

enne kui see bakteriteni jõuab.

Turtles eat it. It gets in the gills of fish.

Kilpkonnad söövad seda. See satub kalade lõpustesse.

These guys have to swim around through it.

Need tegelased siin peavad sellest läbi ujuma.

I heard the most incredible story today when I was on the train coming here.

Täna kuulsin ma täiesti uskumatut lugu,

kui ma rongiga siia sõitsin.

A writer named Ted Williams called me,

Kirjanik nimega Ted Williams helistas mulle.

and he was asking me a couple of questions about what I saw,

Ta küsis mult mõned küsimused

selle kohta, mida olin näinud,

because he's writing an article for Audubon magazine.

sest ta kirjutab artiklit Auduboni ajakirjale.

He said that he had been in the Gulf a little while ago; like about a week ago,

Ta ütles, et käis hiljuti Mehhiko lahel,

nii umbes nädal tagasi,

and a guy who had been a recreational fishing guide

ja keegi mees, kes töötas varem kalastusgiidina,

took him out to show him what's going on.

võttis ta kaasa, et näidata, mis lahel toimub.

That guide's entire calendar year is canceled bookings.

Sellel giidil pole tänaseks terves aastas

enam ühtegi broneeringut.

He has no bookings left.

Mitte ühtegi broneeringut.

Everybody wanted their deposit back, everybody is fleeing.

Kõik tahtsid oma tagatisraha tagasi. Kõik pagevad.

That's the story of thousands of people.

Samamoodi on läinud tuhandetel inimestel.

But he told Ted that on the last day he went out,

See mees ütles Tedile,

et viimasel päeval, kui ta merel käis,

a bottlenose dolphin suddenly appeared next to the boat,

tuli üks laiksilm-delfiin

ootamatult paadi lähedale.

and it was splattering oil out its blowhole.

Ja tema hingamisavast

purskas naftat.

And he moved away because it was his last fishing trip,

Mees liikus delfiinist eemale,

sest see oli

tema viimane kalastusretk ja

and he knew that the dolphins scare fish.

ta teadis, et delfiinid peletavad kala eemale.

So he moved away from it, turned around a few minutes later,

Niisiis liikus ta delfiinist eemale.

Mõni minut hiljem pööras ta ringi

it was right next to the side of the boat again.

ja nägi, et delfiin oli paadi kõrval tagasi.

He said that in 30 years of fishing he had never seen a dolphin do that.

Ta ütles, et tema 30-aastase kogemuse juures

polnud ükski delfiin kunagi midagi sellist teinud.

And he felt that --

Talle tundus, et...

(Sigh)

he felt that it was coming to ask for help.

Talle tundus, et delfiin

oli tulnud abi küsima. Vabandust.

Sorry.

Now, in the Exxon Valdez spill,

Exxon Valdez'i reostuses

about 30 percent of the killer whales died in the first few months.

hukkus umbes 30% mõõkvaaladest

esimese kuu aja jooksul.

Their numbers have never recovered.

Nende arvukus pole siiani taastunud.

So the recovery rate of all this stuff is going to be variable.

Niisiis taastub see kõik

erineva tempoga.

It's going to take longer for some things.

Mõnede asjade puhul võtab see rohkem aega.

And some things, I think, will probably come back a little faster.

Ja mõned asjad võivad ilmselt

taastuda pisut varem.

The other thing about the Gulf that is important

Mehhiko lahe puhul on oluline ka see,

is that there are a lot of animals that concentrate in the Gulf

et seal elab palju loomi,

kes kogunevad lahte

at certain parts of the year.

kindlatel aastaaegadel.

So the Gulf is a really important piece of water --

Niisiis on laht väga oluline veeala -

more important than a similar volume of water in the open Atlantic Ocean.

palju olulisem, kui sama suur veeala

avatud Atlandi ookeanis.

These tuna swim the entire ocean.

Need tuunikalad ujuvad terves ookeanis.

They get in the Gulf Stream, they go all the way to Europe.

Nad sisenevad Golfi hoovusesse. Ja liiguvad edasi Euroopasse.

Kudemisajaks tulevad nad lahte sisse.

When it comes time to spawn, they come inside,

Neid kahte tuunikala, kes on märgistatud,

and these two tuna that were tagged,

you can see them on the spawning grounds

on võimalik näha kudemisaladel

very much right in the area of the slick.

üpriski naftalaigu lähedal.

They're probably having, at the very least,

Nende kudemisaeg on sel aastal tõenäoliselt

a catastrophic spawning season this year.

katastroofiline, kui tagasihoidlikult väljenduda.

I'm hoping that maybe the adults are avoiding that dirty water.

Ma loodan, et täiskasvanud kalad

suudavad ehk reostunud vett vältida.

They don't usually like to go into water that is very cloudy anyway.

Tavaliselt ei lähe nad vette,

mis on väga hägune.

But these are really high-performance athletic animals.

Aga need on tõesti võimsad ja

tugevad kalad.

I don't know what this kind of stuff will do in their gills.

Ma ei kujuta ette, mida see sodi teeb nende lõpustega.

I don't know if it'll affect the adults.

Ma ei tea, kas see mõjutab täiskasvanud kalu.

If it's not, it's certainly affecting their eggs and larvae,

Kui mitte, siis kindlasti mõjutab see

nende marja ja tõenäoliselt ka vastseid.

I would certainly think.

But if you look at that graph that goes down and down and down,

Vaadates seda graafikut, mis pidevalt langeb,

that's what we've done to this species through overfishing over many decades.

näeme, mida me sellele liigile,

aastakümneid kestnud ülepüügiga teinud oleme.

So while the oil spill, the leak, the eruption, is a catastrophe,

Kuigi naftareostus,

see leke, see purse,

on katastroof,

I think it's important to keep in mind

siis samal ajal on oluline meeles pidada ka seda,

that we've done a lot to affect what's in the ocean, for a very long time.

et me oleme ookeani juba väga palju mõjutanud

väga-väga pika aja jooksul.

It's not like we're starting with something that's been OK.

Asi polnud ju ka enne

sugugi mitte korras.

We're starting with something that's had a lot of stresses

Seda olid juba varem mõjutanud paljud negatiivsed tegurid

and a lot of problems to begin with.

ja sellega oli niigi palju probleeme.

If you look around at the birds, there are a lot of birds in the Gulf

Vaadates siinset linnustikku,

leiame, et Mehhiko lahel on palju linnuliike,

that concentrate in the Gulf at certain times of the year,

mis kogunevad siia kindlatel aastaaegadel ning

but then leave.

seejärel lahkuvad.

And they populate much larger areas.

Nad asustavad hoopis suuremaid alasid.

Näiteks

For instance, most of the birds in this picture are migratory birds.

enamik sel pildil olevaid linde on rändlinnud.

They were all on the Gulf in May,

Nad olid lahe piirkonnas maikuus,

while oil was starting to come ashore in certain places.

mil nafta hakkas mõnedes paikades randa jõudma.

Down on the lower left there are ruddy turnstones and sanderlings.

Vasakul nurgas näeme

kivirullijaid ja leeterüdisid.

They breed in the High Arctic,

Nad pesitsevad Arktikas ja

and they winter down in southern South America.

talvituvad Lõuna-Ameeriakas.

But they concentrate in the Gulf and then fan out all across the Arctic.

Aga nad kogunevad lahe piirkonda,

kui nad rändavad Arktikast lõunasse.

I saw birds that breed in Greenland, in the Gulf.

Ma nägin lahel linde,

kes pesitsevad Gröönimaal.

So this is a hemispheric issue.

Niisiis puudutab reostus tervet poolkera.

The economic effects go at least nationally in many ways.

Majanduslikke mõjusid

on vähemasti riigisisesel tasandil mitmesuguseid.

The biological effects are certainly hemispheric.

Aga bioloogillised mõjud ulatuvad kindlasti üle terve poolkera.

Minu arvates on see üks

I think that this is one of the most absolutely mind-boggling examples

absoluutselt arusaamatuim

näide valmisoleku puudumisest,

of total unpreparedness that I can even think of.

mida ma suudan ette kujutada.

Even when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,

Kui jaapanlased pommitasid Pealt Harborit,

oli vähemasti võimalik vastu tulistada.

at least they shot back.

And we just seem to be unable to figure out what to do.

Aga siin tundub, et me ei ole

võimelised välja mõtlema, mida tegema peaks.

There was nothing ready,

Mitte midagi polnud ette valmistatud.

and, you know, as we can see by what they're doing.

Me saame sellest aru,

nähes seda, mida tehakse.

Mainly what they're doing is booms and dispersants.

Peamiselt kasutatakse poome ja dispersante.

The booms are absolutely not made for open water.

Poomid pole üldse loodud avamere jaoks.

Nad ei üritagi piirata naftat seal,

They don't even attempt to corral the oil where it is most concentrated.

kuhu seda on kõige rohkem kogunenud.

They get near shore -- Look at these two boats.

Nad tegutsevad rannikupiirkonnas. Vaadake neid kahte laeva.

That one on the right is called Fishing Fool.

Parempoolse nimi on Kalastav Narr.

And I think, you know, that's a great name

Ja ma arvan, et see on neile laevadele suurepärane nimi

for boats that think that they're going to do anything

kui nad arvavad, et suudavad midagigi ära teha,

to make a dent in this, by dragging a boom between them

vedades poomi enda vahel,

when there are literally hundreds of thousands of square miles

samal ajal, kui lahel on praegu

sadu tuhandeid ruutmiile merepinda,

in the Gulf right now with oil at the surface.

mis on kaetud naftakihiga.

The dispersants make the oil go right under the booms.

Dispersandi mõjul libiseb nafta poomide alt läbi.

The booms are only about 13 inches in diameter.

Poomid on vaid

33-sentimeetrise diameetriga.

So it's just absolutely crazy.

See lihtsalt hullumeelne.

Here are shrimp boats employed.

Siin kasutatakse krevetilaevu.

There are hundreds of shrimp boats employed to drag booms instead of nets.

Praegu veavad sajad krevetilaevad võrkude asemel poome.

Here they are working.

Siin nad töötavad.

You can see easily

Me võime kergesti näha, et

that all the oily water just goes over the back of the boom.

kogu naftane vesi läheb lihtsalt üle poomi tagasi.

All they're doing is stirring it.

Nad üksnes segavad seda.

It's just ridiculous.

See on naeruväärne.

Poomidega piiratud rannikupiirkonna kõrval -

Also, for all the shoreline that has booms --

hundreds and hundreds of miles of shoreline --

see tähendab sadu miile rannikut -

all of the shoreline that has booms,

- poomidega piiratud rannikuala kõrval

there's adjacent shoreline that doesn't have any booms.

on teine, külgnev ala, kus poome ei ole.

There is ample opportunity for oil and dirty water to get in behind them.

Niisiis on seal suurepärane võimalus,

et nafta ja reostunud vesi pääseksid poomide taha.

And that lower photo, that's a bird colony that has been boomed.

Alumisel fotol näeme linnukolooniat, mis on poomidega piiratud.

Kõik püüavad hoolega kaitsta

Everybody's trying to protect the bird colonies there.

sealseid linnukolooniaid.

Well, as an ornithologist, I can tell you that birds fly, and that --

Ornitoloogina

võin ma teile öelda, et linnud lendavad. Ja et...

(Laughter)

(naer)

and that booming a bird colony doesn't do it; it doesn't do it.

Ja linnukoloonia poomidega piiramine

ei toimi. See lihtsalt ei toimi.

These birds make a living by diving into the water.

Need linnud hangivad toitu, sukeldudes vette.

In fact ...

Tegelikult,

really what I think they should do, if anything --

kui üldse midagi teha,

they're trying so hard to protect those nests --

siis selle asemel, et pesi nii hoolega kaitsta,

actually, if they destroyed every single nest,

tuleks kõik need pesad hävitada.

some of the birds would leave,

Sel juhul vähemalt mõned linnud lahkuksid

and that would be better for them this year.

ja see oleks neile sel aastal tunduvalt parem.

As far as cleaning them ...

Mis puutub lindude puhastamisse,

I don't mean to cast any aspersion on people cleaning birds.

siis ma ei taha halvustada

inimesi, kes seda teevad.

It's really, really important that we express our compassion.

See on tõesti oluline,

et me näitame üles kaastunnet.

I think that's the most important thing that people have, is compassion.

Ma arvan, et üks olulisemaid asju, mis inimestel on,

see on kaastunne.

It's really important to get those images and to show it.

On väga oluline saada selliseid pilte

ja neid näidata.

But really, where are those birds going to get released to?

Aga kuhu need linnud tegelikult vabastatakse?

It's like taking somebody out of a burning building,

Sama hea on päästa keegi põlevast hoonest,

ravida ta terveks vingumürgitusest ja seejärel

treating them for smoke inhalation

and sending them back into the building, because the oil is still gushing.

saata ta põlevasse hoonesse tagasi. Sest naftat ju jätkuvalt lekib.

I refuse to acknowledge this as anything like an accident.

Ma keeldun tunnistamast,

et see oli õnnetus.

I think that this is the result of gross negligence.

Ma leian, et see oli tõsise hooletuse tagajärg.

(Applause)

(Aplaus)

Not just BP.

Asi ei puuduta ainult British Petroleumi.

BP operated very sloppily and very recklessly because they could.

British Petroleum tegutses

väga räpakalt ja hooletult

sest see oli võimalik.

And they were allowed to do so

Neil lubati nii käituda

because of the absolute failure of oversight of the government

tulenevalt valitsuse järelevalve puudumisest.

Valitsuse, mis peaks olema

that is supposed to be our government, protecting us.

meie valitsus, mis meid kaitseb.

It turns out that --

Tuleb välja, et

you see this sign on every commercial vessel in the United States --

sellist silti näeb peaaegu igal USA kommertsalusel,

you know, if you spilled a couple of gallons of oil,

ehk siis, kui te laseksite maha voolata mõnikümmend liitrit naftat,

you would be in big trouble.

oleksite te suures jamas.

And you have to really wonder who are the laws made for,

Mis paneb mõtlema, et

kelle jaoks on seadused tehtud

and who has gotten above the laws.

ning kes on saanud seadustest ülemaks.

And there are things that we can do in the future.

On asju, mida me saame tulevikus teha.

Meil võiks olla olemas varustus, mida meil tõesti tarvis on.

We could have the kinds of equipment that we would really need.

Ei ole eriti keeruline

It would not take an awful lot to anticipate

prognoosida,

that after making 30,000 holes

et kui Mehhiko lahe põhja

in the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil,

on tehtud nafta otsimiseks üle 30 000 augu,

oil might start coming out of one of them.

võib mõnest neist hakata naftat lekkima.

And you'd have some idea of what to do.

Ja meil peaks olema ettekujutus, mida siis tegema peab.

See on kindlasti üks asi, mida tuleb teha.

That's certainly one of the things we need to do.

But I think we have to understand where this leak really started from.

Aga ma arvan, et me peame ka aru saama,

kust see leke õieti alguse sai.

It really started from the destruction of the idea that the government is there

See algas sellest, et lagunes koost idee,

et valitsus on siin selleks,

because it's our government,

et olla meie valitsus, mis peaks kaitsma

meant to protect the larger public interest.

laiema üldsuse huve.

So I think that the oil blowout, the bank bailout,

Ma arvan, et see naftaleke,

riigipoolsed pankade tagatiste garanteerimised,

the mortgage crisis and all these things are absolutely symptoms of the same cause.

laenukriis ja kõik need asjad

on kindlasti sama põhjuse

sümptomid.

We still seem to understand that at least,

Paistab, et me saame vähemasti jätkuvalt aru,

et me vajame politseinikke, kes kaitseksid meid

we need the police to protect us from a few bad people.

halbade inimeste eest.

And even though the police can be a little annoying at times --

Ja kuigi teinekord on politsei pisut tüütu -

giving us tickets and stuff like that --

tehes trahve ja muid selliseid asju,

nobody says that we should just get rid of them.

ei ütle keegi, et peaksime neist lahti saama.

But in the entire rest of government right now

Aga kogu ülejäänud valitsuses,

and for the last at least 30 years,

nii praegu kui ka viimased 30 aastat,

there has been a culture of deregulation

on tavaks saanud riikliku sekkumise vähenemine,

that is caused directly by the people who we need to be protected from,

mis on põhjustatud otseselt

nende inimeste huvidest,

kelle eest me kaitset vajame.

buying the government out from under us.

Nad ostavad meie käest valitsuse ära.

(Applause)

(Aplaus)

Now this has been a problem for a very, very long time.

See on juba üsna pikaajaline probleem.

You can see that corporations were illegal at the founding of America,

Me võime näha, et

suurtöösturid käitusid Ameerika asutamisel ebaseaduslikult.

and even Thomas Jefferson complained

Isegi Thomas Jefferson kaebas,

that they were already bidding defiance to the laws of our country.

et nad trotsisid juba siis

meie riigi seadusi.

OK, people who say they're conservative,

Inimesed, kes ütlevad, et

nad on oma vaadetelt konservatiivsed -

if they really wanted to be really conservative and patriotic,

kui nad tõesti tahavad olla

konservatiivsed ja patriootilised,

they would tell these corporations to go to hell.

saadaksid nad need suurtöösturid

põrgusse.

That's what it would really mean to be conservative.

See tähendaks tõesti konservatiivsust.

So what we really need to do is regain the idea

Seega peaksime me tõesti ennekõike

jõudma tagasi ideeni, et

that it's our government safeguarding our interests,

meie valitsus

kindlustab meie huve

and regain a sense of unity and common cause in our country

ja jõudma tagasi ühtsustunde juurde

ja oma riigi ühiste aluste juurde,

that really has been lost.

mis praegu on kahjuks kadunud.

I think there are signs of hope.

Ma arvan, et lootuse märke on näha.

We seem to be waking up a little bit.

Me paistame juba veidi ärkavat.

The Glass-Steagall Act -- which was really to protect us

Glass-Steagalli seadus,

mis oleks pidanud kaitsma meid selliste asjade eest,

from the kind of thing that caused the recession to happen,

mis põhjustasid majandussurutise ja

and the bank meltdown and all that stuff that required the bailouts --

pangakriisi

ning kõige selle muu, mis nõudis lõpuks riiklikke pangatagatisi,

that was put in effect in 1933, was systematically destroyed.

mis jõustus 1933. aastal,

hävitati süstemaatiliselt.

Now there's a mood to put some of that stuff back in place,

Nüüd on tekkinud jälle soov

selles kõiges korda luua.

but the lobbyists are already there trying to weaken the regulations

Aga lobitöö tegijad on juba kohal

ja üritavad eeskirju nõrgendada,

after the legislation has just passed.

pärast seda, kui seadus on äsja jõustunud.

So it's a continued fight.

See tähendab, et lahing jätkub.

It's a historic moment right now.

Praegu on ajalooline hetk.

We're either going to have an absolutely unmitigated catastrophe

Meile jääb kas täiesti

leevendamatute tagajärgedega katastroof

of this oil leak in the Gulf,

Mehhiko lahe naftareostusest

or we will make the moment we need out of this,

või me pöörame selle endale kasulikuks,

as many people have noted today.

nagu ka mitmed teised kõnelejad on täna maininud.

There's certainly a common theme

Meil on vaieldamatult ühine seisukoht,

about needing to make the moment out of this.

et me peame selle hetke ära kasutama.

We've been through this before with other ways of offshore drilling.

Me oleme sellises olukorras varem olnud

seoses teiste naftapuurimise viisidega avamerel.

The first offshore wells were called whales.

Esimesi avamere kaevusid kutsuti vaaladeks.

The first offshore drills were called harpoons.

Esimesi avamere puure kutsuti harpuunideks.

We emptied the ocean of the whales at that time.

Toona tegime me ookeani vaaladest tühjaks.

Now are we stuck with this?

Kas me nüüd jääme selle asjaga jänni?

Ever since we lived in caves, every time we wanted any energy,

Alates sellest ajast, kui me elasime koobastes,

oleme me energia saamiseks

we lit something on fire, and that is still what we're doing.

süüdanud midagi põlema - ja sama teeme ka praegu.

Me süütame jätkuvalt midagi põlema,

We're still lighting something on fire every time we want energy.

kui me vajame energiat.

And people say we can't have clean energy

Inimesed ütlevad, et

puhast energiat ei ole võimalik saada,

because it's too expensive.

sest see on liiga kallis.

Who says it's too expensive?

Kes ütleb, et see on liiga kallis?

People who sell us fossil fuels.

Inimesed, kes müüvad meile fossilseid kütuseid.

We've been here before with energy,

Ka seoses energiaga oleme selles situatsioonis varem olnud -

and people saying the economy cannot withstand a switch,

inimesed ütlesid, et riigi majandus

ei ela reforme üle,

because the cheapest energy was slavery.

sest odavaim energia oli orjapidamine.

Energy is always a moral issue.

Energia on alati moraaliküsimus.

It's an issue that is moral right now.

Küsimus on selles, mis on praegu moraalne.

It's a matter of right and wrong.

Ja mis on õige ning mis vale.

Suur aitäh!

Thank you very much.

(Applause)