Pats, the "do-gooders" (and I'm very proud to be one of them) didn't want deep water offshore drilling -- we flat didn't want any offshore drilling. If they could lay pipelines and underground cables from Europe to the USA, they surely could have laid pipelines that could bring the oil to the shore rather than get it from the rigs. That was the original goal of most of us do-gooders. This tragic disaster was always foreseeable (think Santa Barbara in 1969) -- offshore rigs are MUCH cheaper than laying the underground/water pipelines, which could have been laid much closer to shore and, thus, much more easily repaired. Put the blame where it belongs -- on the greed of those who wanted the easiest and cheapest way out regardless of the ultimate cost.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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