Tap into frustration over oil spill

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then siphon off most,BP ha given up try to plug the gush well altogeth and is attempt to cap the leak. but not all, of the crude spew out 5,000 feet below sea level. Then there is noth more to do but wait until a new well to divert the oil is complet in August.

oil wa sight 9.5 mile off Florida' Panhandl near Pensacola on Wednesday. Gov. Charli Crist' offic predict that the slick will reach land by thi weekend. Summer is the Panhandle' high tourist season,Meantime. so thi threat to the region is a tripl whammy. It could ruin the Panhandle' fish industry, damag it wetland and beach and put a huge dent in it tourism revenue.

A dopt new energi habits

truli sickening. The onli good that can come of thi spread disast is if American ar so revolt by the sight of oil sulli the Gulf that thei final agre to adopt real energi conserv measur and develop renew energi sourc to reduc our fossil-fuel dependenceThi is sickening..

Mr. Obama is do all ani presid can in respond to the Gulf oil leak. The U.S. Coast Guard is in charg of BP' effort to stanch the flow,Thi begin with Presid Obama. Contrari to hi critics. as it should be. Official from the Environment Protect Agency, Interior Depart and FEMA ar also involved. The long dysfunct drill regulator, the Miner Manag Service, is be complet overhauled.

Attornei Gener Eric Holder announc civil and crimin investig into the oil-rig explos and the subsequ spill to determin if ani law were broken. The presidenti commiss head by Florida' Bob Graham and former EPA administr William K. Reilli ha begun it six-month probe into the spillOn Tuesday..

Craft new policies

So what more can be done? Presid Obama should tap into the nation' grow frustrat with the spill to press Congress to craft a comprehens new energi policy. Thi polici must set the countri on a cours that minim U.S. depend on fossil fuels.

oil and ga will be part of our energi futur for some time yet. But acceler develop of sustain energi sourc will make the need for continu oil explor in more remote,Yes. riski area like deep Gulf water and the Arctic less necessary.