Environmental Groups are quick to to say, the oil spill in the Gulf is the reason to stop offshore drilling. However, this is a rather short sighted view of life! Yes, it is bad but we need to remember, accidents happen, yes even bad accidents. We need to learn from accidents such as this and continue to improve. We don't need to, "cut off our nose to spite our face."
Using, what I call the environmentalist view we should close all coal mines as well as stop drilling for oil. We live in a world full of God given resources and have found ways to use these resources for the good of all mankind.
Before jumping to the conclusion that all oil or coal exploration has to be stopped remember, accidents are going to happen! Man is not perfect but when accidents happen you learn from the accidents and try to fix "things" so it does not happen in the future... Where would we be today if after an airplane crash we stopped flying.... What about the first major car accident, we didn't stop making cars. To this very day we are still trying to make cars safer and we should be doing the same thing in our coal mines as well as on our oil rigs.
If this country doesn't want to be dependent on other countries for our transportation needs we had better keep on drilling and finding safer ways to drill for the oil resources this earth has to offer.
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