re: #520 reine.de.tout
I agree with you. And I’ll up the ante.

Disasters call for the correction of what went wrong. Not what goes right. The technology with the BOP is basically sound when properly run. The cause was bad decisions not the oil, not the design, not the depth. 3 Mile Island stopped new nuclear power stations cold. I can only ponder how many oil rigs a nuclear plant displaces.

Energy is a national security issue. It is a key economic issue. Cost spikes cost real lives in northern states, as the elderly freeze to death from harsh circumstances like not enough money for food, and roof, and heating oil.

Given the facts you posted-The moratorium may well be more about political clout than reality otherwise. The very thing we well despise in our leadership. Politics first, pragmatics second.