Offshore Oil Drilling and the Oil Rig Disaster in the Gulf

[Bostech]

As for conspiracy,I predicted that next "boom" will evolve around cars and energy.We had dot com in 90's,housing boom in 2k and seems like next 10 years we will have "energy boom" with car upgrades.
Moving to "green energy" but before that you need something that will "convince" people to do so and what better way to do it then oil disaster.
We are at peek of oil consumption and have to move to better source.
So all this could be planned long ago and what we watch is just a show for next economy boom.

[Doctor_K]

The dot-com boom of the late 90s became the dot-com bust in the early 2000s.  Then came the housing boom and bust.  Do you really want another boom-bust cycle like that?  Personally, I find it hard to believe that this could actually become a bust...

In fact I think we're already seeing the results of a paradigm shift in transportation-related energy consumption, albeit still in the early stages overall. 

Ten years ago you didn't have near the market penetration you do now of
--full hybrids (Toyota/Lexus, Nissan/Infiniti, Ford/Mercury, Honda/Acura),
--mild hybrids (a la Saturn/GM),
--E85/Flex-fuel-capable vehicles (all of the above plus Chrysler/Dodge)

What was once fringe is becoming mainstream and entrenched.  I think that's a good thing.

To say nothing of first after-market and now mainstream-manufactured plug-in hybrids (a la the Chevy Volt, et al).

And you've got renewed interest in rail mass transit all over the country - commuter, light, high-speed, streetcars, trolleys.

And a new Congressional mandate to significantly improve fleet MPG across the board.

The revolution is in full swing.

[Lunican]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2010/05/13/ac.oil.spill.cnn

[buckethead]

If the oil spill might turn out worse than expected, would it be fair to assume it might be better than expected?

[Lunican]

http://books.google.com/books?id=fdKd50rzfuMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=steve+wereley&source=bl&ots=zDAUh5ok7K&sig=uSBT5oa-lGeGjw9_NYrCUCuQuyM&hl=en&ei=XUPtS8OIMYWBlAerrtS0CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw

[Mattius92]

If the oil spill might turn out worse than expected, would it be fair to assume it might be better than expected?

Yes, but our media likes bring on the negative facts, instead of the positive facts.

[Springfielder]

what about an oil spill is positive?

[Sportmotor]

Its pretty

[gatorback]

The positive side of this is that we found areas of improvement.  We discovered that the agency that oversees the drilling is also the agency that gets the monies from the drilling--where breaking that up now. That's a positive. 

[Sigma]

Let's just drop a bunch of hay on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5SxX2EntEo

[Lunican]

I don't think that all of the oil is rising to the surface though.

[Bostech]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37171468/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times

See I told you guys,oil is trying to regulate itself into plumes,lines and circles.

We might have BIG problem if and when hurricane strikes this area.

[keywest09]

We are doing lot's of praying down here in Key West and the Florida keys.

[CS Foltz]

keywest09......I feel for you guys for sure! Supposedly this year will be more active than the past several and time will tell! I have my fingers crossed!

[JC]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37171468/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times

See I told you guys,oil is trying to regulate itself into plumes,lines and circles.

We might have BIG problem if and when hurricane strikes this area.

I am not sure who he was or what his credentials were (could have been a big oil scientist for all I know) but I did hear a guy on public radio say that a hurricane would be good because the greater dispersal the less the impact on a specific area, minimizing the overall impact.