Oil spill

[Trek420]

25% of the oil and gas that North America uses comes through various ports in south Louisiana - from international sources, such as Nigeria, where they don't have the environmental restrictions that we have.

ah, so whatcher sayin' is this could be a preview

The point I'm trying, badly, to make is that we at least have laws to protect our evironment and agencies to enforce them, where some of our oil and gas comes from the international market where what laws they have are often overlooked. They haven't had a spill of this magnitude.....

.... yet No, I think you're doing a good job. We get it. Does everyone get it? I don't think so.

Yes we should use less, canvas bags at the grocery, drive less, more fuel efficient cars, reuse, recycle, etc. Maybe we, as a nation, will learn something from this. But I doubt it. Seems if it isn't happening in your backyard, to someone you know, then it can quickly be forgotten.

IMHO I feel when it comes to the ocean it's everyone's backyard. Even if you're landlocked, even if you've never seen a beach.

We all live on the Gulf Coast.

I suppose the most fustrating thing is that there is little to nothing most of us can do about it. After other disasters, the bad event is over, and then the clean-up and rebuilding process can begin. This damn thing keeps going and going.

I've read that rebuilding from Katrina is only beginning and now this. I'm so sorry.