It’s been quite clear since the announcement of a tripling in “save the bayous” workers that “top kill” wasn’t working.
And there’s nothing much that can be done, all the scientific and oil industry brains put together don’t amount to much.
So, we should end offshore drilling for good, do the best we can to clean up the mess, and nationalize BP’s American assets to pay for as much as they can.
But that’s not what will happen, Louisiana’s a very poor state that is wholly dependent on the oil industry, government doesn’t seem to have the technical resources or manpower to do more than hit and hope, and Washington’s elites don’t want to bite the grimy hands that feed them.
Gorilla says: “From New Orleans to Kabul, we never learn anything from being condemned to repeat history!”
