Pipsqueak in the Gulf

The current alleged disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a pipsqueak considering the effects of natural events. The Gulf is immense in cubic size and is easily handling the several thousand barrels entering into it each day. As hydrocarbons float to the surface, bacteria begin their feast and growth in the trillions thus providing nourishment up the animal foodchain. BP laps up the surface oil in ships and trundles it off directly to the refinery. Hurricanes kill far more birds and fish, destroy more buildings, ravage more land and kill more people.

Nevertheless, politicians boringly sound off about oil companies and look for more ways to tax or fine them. That's simply another way to tax you, the consumer. The environmental crowd screams about egrets or dolphins but yet those and other birds and fish are never threatened with extinction by an occasional oil spill. Like politicians, Greenies just want to make your driving more expensive so you walk or bicycle to work and play. Pay no attention.

Drill, Baby. Drill.