Originally Posted by notlongnow

You know if the oil companies where not forced to go off shore and drill 5 miles down in the ocean where it is all but impossible to work on and stop the leak if something happens, and allowed to drill on shore in the many many places that have huge reserves and much less chance of disaster..........your question would not be posed!
It is the uber left that thinks we can run the country on foreign oil, sun rays, cannibus leaves and incence that caused that spill (and some stupid people running it),
but they would not have been there if we would just wake up and drill in shallow water and on land until REAL alternative energy is viable!!!