Reply #6: Of course there was a lack of regulation, but so what? [View All]

Let's ask ourselves this question:

If deep drilling for oil in permitted, is there some regulatory fix that will stop just about every every coastline in the world from eventually being fouled by oil?

Personally, I think it is insane to believe we can extract oil from deeper and deeper below the ocean floor, seemingly forever, while reasonably expecting that incidents of the sort now happening in the Gulf won't reoccur time and again.

The two real choices we have here are pretty clear: allow off-shore deep drilling and accept that our oceans and much of our coastlines will eventually be fouled; or stop deep water drilling to protect the oceans and shorelines.

Calling for tough regulation is simply an attempt to pretend that there is a third choice from the two above. This third choice is just a fantasy, but I have no doubt that it will sell politically, and that we will end up eventually despoiling the oceans, just as we are now knowingly ruining our overall environment with CO2 emissions.

Have a nice day!

- B