tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29021827.post1824912880465374..comments2023-10-18T09:55:09.577-04:00Comments on Venangoland: BP: My 2 CentsPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29021827.post-21031343233294978812010-06-18T20:08:49.945-04:002010-06-18T20:08:49.945-04:00Well, yes. That's a whole road that, for reaso...Well, yes. That's a whole road that, for reasons of space, I didn't go down this week. I'm not sure the addiction is solvable, but as with many things, I'm not sure whether it's our insistence on having something, or on having it way cheap. It may be that the middle way on this is to get our oil fix, but to have to pay what it would really cost to really do things well and safely.Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29021827.post-5308910820995444182010-06-18T20:02:29.376-04:002010-06-18T20:02:29.376-04:00I think the real problem here is that the mess is ...I think the real problem here is that the mess is a symptom, not the disease. Before we continue the public pillorying of BP, we should take a long hard look at our addiction to oil in all it's permutations from the obvious - gas to the hidden - fertilizer for factory farms. BP may have pulled the trigger, but we loaded the gun and put the barrel in our own stupidly smiling mouths.Dittmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759621744813019807noreply@blogger.com