The oil spill that started on April 20th still has yet to be resolved. Dead animals have been washing up on shore since early in the event. It seems that we are fighting a losing battle against this environmental disaster and our coastline is paying the price. Fisherman can't fish, hotel owners in popular vacation destinations are losing business, sea critters are in danger or dying, and there seems to be no effective means yet of containing the slick. There simply aren't enough booms to encompass the spill, the robotic submarines sent down to close the leaking nozzle have failed, and the domes that are being constructed are taking to long.
The cost of offshore drilling is being paid in full and the long term repercussions of this incident have yet to be felt. Drilling for oil in the ocean only leads to inevitable disaster. This is certainly not the only time this has happened and definately is not the worst case scenario, and it is only a matter of time before this happens again elsewhere. While it is important to back away from foreign oil, maybe the solution is not to create so much more of our own. I can only see that path leading to bigger and far more hazardous distasters in the future. Perhaps the ultimate solution is for our country to seek out alternative fuels rather than fossil fuels. This is of course already being looked into, however I do not see a whole lot of progress yet. It is our responsibility in the United States to keep going with the research and push through until we have a clean, environmentally safe alternative to fossil fuels.
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