I see lots of accusing taking place. How ‘not enough’ is being done or has been done to prevent such a disaster.

And speaking of all that, how is your 401k doing, how is your employer’s retirement plan for you doing or when was the last time you walked or rode the bicycle to work, avoiding the use of a petroleum product to propel you there? As I said, I too am ‘guilty’ – we all are. None of that abuse will change unless We The People voluntarily begin to ‘do with less’ – a lot less.

The same greed propels BP as propels you to do well in the stock-market, that is, to assure we do well for another day or another week and so on. Just because YOU’re not the guy drilling for oil, doesn’t mean you’re not part of it. Perhaps it’s time we stop pointing the finger at ‘the other guy’ and instead begin to point it at our own habits, as in ‘limited habits/consumption, limited drilling and environmental destruction’. You know and I know, that will never happen. I guess we’ll just have to live with the ugliness our habits come with.