The oil spill is bad.........that being said, the well blow out in 1980 was far worse and took ten months to cap. The Mexican government realized they had a mess on their hands after 9 months and hired
Boots and Coots and The Adair Company to handle the mess. One month later, the well was stabilized and capped. Gulf War I, when Saddam lit up the Kuwaiti oil fields, The same chicken littles said they would
burn for years and that the air pollution would darken the sky for a decade. What happened? The wells were capped within 6 months. Yes, there will an environmental impact and yes, BP should be made to pay for it.
I fear that the Obama Administration is manufacturing a crisis in order to take over the Oil Industry.