It was nearly one year ago, and John Carr could not sleep.
Forty-one miles off the Louisiana coast, a British Petroleum oil well was leaking tens of thousands of barrels of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico. Last April’s oil blowout would cause incalculable damage – to sea life, Panhandle industry and the national conscience – and hundreds of miles away in his Hixson bedroom, John Carr was having nightmares.
But the most haunting part for him was not the environmental damage.
“He couldn’t wrap his mind around the fact we all were so calm about it,” said his mother, Carol Carr.
John is 13 years old. He has a round face, brown eyes and red hair. The only vegetarian in his house, John loves cows and is hashing out plans to build his own biodiesel pump.