I agree with everything you’ve said. Let’s not forget the “unintended consequences” — in this case, all of our gulf drilling must be far removed from shore and therefore at much greater depths than those the Chinese are doing with the Cubans, the developers near Venezuela, etc. Our developers have to drill at 5,000 feet below sea-level — and now there’s a problem and they’re struggling to plug the well at that depth. Will anyone in the “blame game” consider our own Federal regulations and what the unintended consequences have been? And when we decide to ban off-shore drilling, will anyone in the MSM raise the obvious point that this isn’t going to stop the Cubans/Chinese in their part of the Gulf nor the Venezuelans in their waters, etc. etc. etc. around the globe.
Yes, I wish that shut-off valve was working... and I wish they were only required to go down 1,000 feet to now fix the problem.
The politicians will never blame themselves. Ever.