it's getting better as oyster harvests continue to drop because of the effects of the b.p. oil spill. >> so let me pull out adrian. we've heard now sort of -- we have a clear sense of what this story is. are these the kinds of stories that can then be used effectively before congress or in impact work in order to actually move the needle on the willingness to make policy? >> absolutely. the human face is critical. we need to tell these stories, and i think that this story is one of the most vivid. the fossil fuel industry has a strangle hold on our government. i think they have almost two lobbyists per member of congress at this point. that's something that the public can never compete against, but until we make that clear and bring these stories home, bring them to congress, we are not going to get rid of that strangle hold of these oil companies, the coal companies. we need to start doing that. >> so this goes back to the