Drill Baby Drill?

The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana is another reminder of the high environmental cost of oil, the necessity for stronger safety and environmental regulation, and the utility of having a "big government" agency like NOAA to help with monitoring and cleanup which has been delayed due to bad weather. Seven Deepwater Horizon workers were severely injured and eleven are missing and have been presumed dead - but what about their families?

Well-paid petroleum evangelists assure us that this is just the cost we must bear for plentiful energy - drill baby drill.