The need is not the cause of the accident.
It is funny so many comments seem to try to divert the blame away from BP and the governments by using the argument that the poor oil companies are just working so hard to fill our need.
If that argument made sense then we should not be so hard on all the crack dealers out there. They have to break the law to serve the insatiable needs of users.
Like if the market, the consumer caused this issue. if the environmental impact of extracting and using all this oil was not deliberately hidden, then we as the consumer might be able to make better decisions. Remember cigarettes?
Don't mix things up. Greed is at the base of this issue. Always using the minimal amount of safety for the maximum profit.
Hopefully this research can be useful to cleanup the mess.
The other argument that drives me up the wall is the one saying "well there is already hydrocarbons "naturally" occurring so don't worry so much about the impact"
so how much of those "naturally" occurring hydrocarbons come from leaks, spills and the exhaust of boats, ships, planes, cars and all the other machines that consume oils? How much is really natural? Do we have some clue?
