http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/mississippi.spill/index.html
As an environmental engineer, accidents like this keep the profession prospering. If we begin more domestic oil production, there will more jobs for environmental professionals...
The timing of this accident could not be better (or worse) depending on you political persuasion regarding opening ANWR or other coastal areas for "exploration" for oil. This is an exclamation point on why alternatives should be the next step in energy evolutions.
Wood--->Coal--->Fuel Oil--->Natural Gas--->...the Next Step??
No more carbon density can be obtained and the next step should not be adding more oil to the mix. Oil is a FINITE RESOURCE and more drilling postpones the inevitable. The transition from carbon based fuels to alternatives must be acted on while there are enough resources to limit the burden of cost of that transition.
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