"sf" > wrote
> The facts about what happened and why have been out for a long time.
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...n6490197.shtml
> http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/201...se-60-minutes/
>

All good information, but the investigation may add to it or change things
when all is said and done and the finger pointing stops. Many of these
disasters take months or years and sometimes have surprise causes not seen
during the initial findings.


..>> The reality is the effects of this spill will be decades long, maybe
>> centuries.
>
> This is why offshore drilling is not a good idea. Unfortunately some
> people need personal experience to learn why.
..
It won't stop until we decide to reduce our oil consumption around the
world. We keep digging deeper holes in the ground and taking out more and
more resources. Be it oil, gold, iron, copper, much of the easy stuff is
gone and it is getting more costly to get the rest. Our freewheeling
materialistic society may be in for radical changes in the next couple of
generations.