Quote:
Originally Posted by kindlekitten
that actually is not the case. hopefully media will start reporting the "rest of the story" sooner than later. they were pretty much forced to drill there
|
These are two different issues here. You are addressing the question "could they have drilled somewhere closer to shore than this spot" and are answering,
no-- people wouldn't allow them to. I am addressing the question 'could the oil in this spot have been accessed from closer to shore than this spot" and I am saying is
no, if you want this reserve of oil, you have to collect it where it is. Yes, there are other areas under the Gulf where there are patches of oil-- but the patches of oil aren't connected together. You drain one, you have to move to the next. The reserve under the blowout is reported to be one of the biggest ones found in a long time in US territory. Which means that companies want it. And if they want it, they have to collect it where it is.