L Gilbert, your sanctimonious lecture was well-received, though no guarantee that it will be complied with, since only a fool would agree with Obama's dictatorial shutting down the livelihood of thousands of people.
Sanctimonious? That's hilarious.
Better to shut down an obviously defective industry and potentially save thousands of livelihoods, ecological catastrophes, etc. until the defectiveness can be remedied than carry on with massive risk factors, yes.
Would you go happily digging around in a mine if you weren't sure the supports would hold?
Compare the number of oil wells to those that failed.
As far as I've been able to discover, they ALL leak.
As if this analogy is relevant:
Then count the deaths on the highways.
almost 2900 in 2004
Do you propose a six-month driving moratorium?
Nope. A vehicle collision affects very few people. Oil spills/leaks affect thousands if not 10s of thousands for decades. Besides that, there is a constant effort to make road and vehicle safety better and better. There isn't that same effort put into drilling.
