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In response to Amazing Hair Mat:

It's really an ingenious idea. Human and animal hair stuffed in pantyhose to soak up the oil. That disaster is the worst oil related disaster this country has ever seen. No doubt there will be damage to the surrounding ecosystems and wildlife. One quart of oil can contaminate up to a quarter of a million gallons of water. People are losing more jobs because of the spill, in a time in our history were jobs are important as ever. Maybe this is a sign we need to start moving to alternative fuel sources. But firstly I have to agree with you we need to save the Gulf.

More oil drilling....

Do you think it's time to start looking more into renewable energy sources? I do. In spite of recent events in the Gulf, Shell is moving ahead with drilling in Alaska for oil. According to the New York Times exploratory drilling for oil could begin as soon as this summer. Many people are stressing their concerns about this. On one hand you have enviromentalist not wanting another disaster, like the one in the Gulf, to ruin this sensitive enviroment. Natives are also concerned that the oil drilling will effect their main source of food. On the other hand, we have a growing nation that runs off of crude oil. It seems to me that the government needs to step in and solve this problem. The technology to live independently from crude oil is there. The government needs to stop investing so much into oil and start finding alternatives. Let's face it, oil is a limited supply, which we are running quickly out of. If we continue to rely on oil, we have a grim future ahead of us. More time and effort needs to be dedicated to where our future energy sources will come from. Nuclear energy seems to be the most viable option now. France gets something like 90% of their energy from nuclear sources. Our government needs to start researching future energy resources before we fall behind the rest of the developed world. Like I said, the technology is there, it's just a political battle now. Money definetly plays a big role in this issue, and there's still a lot of money to be made from crude oil. But what's the cost? Enviromental degridaion and more disaster will still be a major problem. And how will that effect future generations? We still have time to fix this and our government will play a big role in the longevity of our future.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08alaska.html?hpw