I guess I should have made the reference to “not seeing the forest for the tress more clear”? In the vernacular drilling means “extraction”. Defending one or two steps or components over another in this case doesn’t defend the failure at “safe drilling”. Something else will fail next. Maybe even the aspect(s) you are associated with. That’s a lot of oil and destruction.
I don’t have a pragmatic enough answer for the larger power/money/energy/ecological issues.[/quote]
Russ: My bad, then. Sorry. And, yeah, I get your point about “all of a piece”. However, using that same logic, you cannot necessarily demonize ALL offshore drilling, especially when oil represents one of the central elements satisfying our present energy needs.
Following that same line, we also need to recognize that, if oil isn’t working, then we need to come up with viable alternatives and those alternatives need to be cost-effective and safe (or as safe as possible) in their own right.
I get tired of the rhetoric, especially when nothing substantive is offered as a plausible alternative solution. Note, Russ, that I’m not directing that comment at you.
