The whole oil drilling catastrophe off Texas raises the question of the need and continued use of fossil fuel in any form. 11 men dead, thousands of endangered fish and birds killed, fishermen economically dislocated, tourism impeded, swimming water quality unhealthy. All for petroleum we can not afford to fill our tanks with because the price is controlled by the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX.com) speculators and not the Capitalist law of supply and demand.

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