this disaster will have the same affect on oil drilling as 3 mile island had on nuclear power plants.....
it will / could be used to close down drilling, drive up oil prices thus promoting wind solar and other green enregy sources.....which up till now had been more expensive than oil and or coal....just look to the price of oil in europe and why they are on the forefront of solar wind and green tech....
the left should be thanking BP for this disaster....it plays right into their hand ....and they better take full advantage of it.....
pity when mines collapse it doesn't cause an environmental disaster or we could get rid of coal.....