How is this oil spill not a big deal?

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

No.

Not pretty much.

We create a demand for many things, but that's no excuse for not having a back-up plan in place for preventing what might be one of the greatest environmental catastrophes in recent memory.

I was watching them build the "cone" that they're planning to drop on the well head, and I couldn't help but think that the time to build that cone, was right about the same time they came up with the idea of drilling 5000 feet under water.

JC

And these are the same sort of people that they'd trust to drill in ANWR?