[theDentist]

Yes, Keep Drilling

My credo!

[Recon Dad]

Any bozo politician that now says “we must stop drilling offshore” is an idiot panderer.

Ask them if after every plane crash we should stop flying?

[norraad]

Yes, but have those domes built and at the ready on a tender.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m really hoping that this dome thing which BP is going to try and use on the leak is a wild success. IF they can prove the ability to shut down even the most dire undersea leaks, then the only problem here will be proven to be the eight days of Obama thumb-twittering, and the public will again feel confident in the safety of offshore drilling.

[C210N]

Obama’s weeks-old executive order allowing for limited coastal exploration — which we never considered a sure thing — has been stayed and will probably be rescinded.

How convenient for someone that wanted this outcome in the first place? Almost makes one wonder...

[Tarpon]

Would one 100 car pileup close all freeways forever?

I know, eco-nuts would like that.

[Apercu]

A) Oil is a natural substance & seepage occurs globally at a much greater volume although granted not in a pool such as this. Nature will repair any damage over time just as it always does.

B) Drilling, like any technological endeavour has an inherent risk / reward.The rewards far outweigh the risks.

C)Something is not “Kosher” here. This was a state of the art drilling rig with numerous safety redundancies to prevent such a disaster. Rigs don't just blow up with out any warning.Before making all these prognostications of dire consequences and firing blame at BP and Transocean, the “chicken littles” need to pull their collective heads out of their posteriors, let them contain the spill and investigate what really happened.

[ridesthemiles]

NObama, the Kenyan, and Congress have no jurisdiction beyond the 12 mile limit.
There are over 5000 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico alone.