Even if we put a thousand more oil wells in the Gulf and suck every barrel of oil out of the seabed, it won't put much of a dent in the price of gas or reduce our dependency on foreign oil. And done helter-skelter, it will threaten the livelihoods of generations of residents throughout the Gulf.
What we need in the Gulf isn't more drilling, it's more health clinics and doctors who can tend to people damaged by dangerous oil company practices so far. Instead, politicians seem to be focused on the oil industry's bottom line, not the health and wellbeing of residents in the Gulf.
Many Gulf residents are no longer satisfied with the same pat answers from the oil industry.The BP oil disaster proved the status quo does not serve the public's best interest. People like Ryan Lambert and Robin Young say it's time to put the well-being of residents and the environment first. Rushing to drill faster, further and more dangerously won't change the price of gas at the pump, and it will put even more coastal regions in jeopardy. Does that make sense?
So wake up America. It's really happening. And it's time to do something about it.
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