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BTW, I am for offshore drilling in the gulf, but not without guarantees that they are leak proof. This particular leak had that guarantee too though, how do they do it?

Do you really think that something as complex as drilling a oil well four or five miles below the ocean floor in mile deep waters can be guaranted not to leak? Are you suggesting that if the oil wells can't be guaranted not to leak then they should not be drilled?

I know you are a propontent of nuclear power, if so you may want to check out all of the mishaps at US research facilities, power plants and processing/storage areas. http://www.lutins.org/nukes.html
If oil well drilling has to be guaranted, then shouldn't all phases of nuclear energy also be guaranted not to leak?