Stupidity in the name of the environment IMO.
“Thank politicians and eviornmentalist for forcing people to drill deep and the middle of nowhere instead of closer in shallow waters.”
I tend to think that BP would have drilled where ever there was oil. Deep or shallow, offshore or not. Since they make their profits bringing in oil it seems naive to think that drilling somewhere else would keep BP from also drilling in deep water. IMHO if Anwr were open to drilling they would be drilling there as well as in the Gulf. It’s not an either or deal.