Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Before you get sucked into the tragedy side of things a few salient points: 1) in the 50 years people have been drilling from platforms such as this, this is the FIRST incident of this sort. So to say offshore drilling is bad is as I said, like watching a house burn and decide don't build with wood no more. It is an overreaction. That said, BP dropped the ball and didn't follow the laws and didn't look after the enviroment. I am sure the US Gov't will make them pay for the clean up, and while this is an ecological disaster no doubt, the earth will bounce back in time if we put the time and effort into her recovery.
2) The attitude that we are becoming the plague of the planet then is to assume we should all not be on the planet since we are the problem. We are part of the planet, we are not a plague on it. We are part of the food chain, we belong here just like the pelicans or fish affected by this tragedy are. We have to do better, but we are not a plague. We are better than that, and we have to collectively try to do better by the planet, but the only constant on planet earth is change, and part of that change is our evolution as a technological species. In time, we will sort out how to be more ecologically friendly. That said, that computer you use to post on here is made with plastic. The gas in your car came from an oil well. Same one that oil that made the plastic did. Our existance on the planet with the comforts we have allows us to be more ecologically friendly with oil and technology. Take away oil, gas and the technology assocaited with it, and we are burning trees and starving. NEVER forget that....
