So what? Don't further develop other energy sources? Be enslaved? Is that the solution?


I think what he is talking about is the possibility of the US banning BP from future drilling in US waters and whether that ends up hurting the USA more than it helps.

The U.S. government had an obligation on behalf of all Americans to make sure BP was doing their job -- safety -- planning -- resources. The US government did not do this -- and now they may ban BP to punish them -- ultimately making it more difficult for America to obtain the resources we have and force us to buy from countries that we cannot trust.

Develop other energy resources -- of course. It will still take decades, if ever, for alternate energy sources to make oil obsolete. I would rather have BP safely obtain oil from US sources than buy it from a country who we cannot trust.