[15thRegionSlamaBamma]

All I can say is "DRILL BABY DRILL". Do you think this is the first oil spill? Do you think it will be the last? At least we are trying to clean up the spill, while other countries, drilling near our boarders wouldn't bother.

Tell me what are our options? We either import all of our oil from others or stop driving altogether which do you want?

As I recall you advocate nuclear power what about 3 mile island? Should we drop all plans to build nuclear plants?

We should learn from accidents such as this one, so hopefully they will never happen again or at least not as severe.

As for being quiet about this matter or UBB, no one has a clue about the cause of the explosion. Let's see what caused the explosions first.

I agree with alot of this, however, you made the statement other countries drill just miles away from our boarders, however, most of those are in fact american based companies. One bad instance of an American based company (Exon) entered a country back in the late 90s ruining much of the land as well as running of many Native Tribes. Not only that but what before was good drinking water in many of the streams and rivers were contaminated by sludge from the drilling. Exon also refused to clean the area up and is still an ongoing debate while they continue to drill.