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Originally Posted by bkcunningham1
Eleven men dead. A company that employees over 90,000 people possibly ruined. Fishing and seafood livlihoods in the Gulf regions wrecked for years. What many are calling the worst oil disaster ever. No, I can't imagine how much worse it could have been if the "incompetent oversight" was removed.
Why are we drilling in 5000 feet of water in the first place?
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I think the industry drills where the oil is and wherever it can get clearance from our government to do so. If we don't drill for it some other nation will and they don't care what our "environmental groups" and our goverment think about it.
Everything of value has risk. How many workers died building some of the worlds greatest structures; our bridges, our dams, our skyscrapers?
How many die working in our mines? Should we close them?
All we can do is learn from our efforts and our mistakes and make adjustments and move on and progress.