Being the eternal optimist, I always try to find some good news amongst the bad news. Hopefully, the latest explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and the subsequent collateral damage to our fragile environment will be sufficient to bring all those “drill baby drill” proponents to their knees.
The prospect of drilling platforms off the coast of southwest Florida (even though they would be 90 miles out in the Gulf) was never a source of comfort to myself and many others in our community. It is my fervent wish that this tragedy stimulates a rush to finally remove our dependency on fossil fuels and redirect these resources into alternative means of energy.
The removal of this dependency will have far reaching impacts that have been widely publicized, including the impact of such a policy on our Middle Eastern relationships.
If we can send a man to the moon we can surely lead the way with such an initiative.
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