NRO's Corner attracted a letter from someone on the inside of the offshore drilling industry.
Most people cannot appreciate the technical challenges and daily miracles of deepwater drilling and production. It is in many respects more difficult than manned spaceflight or planetary exploration. It's an endeavor on the very leading edge of human capability, and when things go wrong, our capabilities are severely tested.
I wish the collective psyche of America would frame this as an Apollo 13 moment instead of an Exxon Valdez moment, but I know that will never happen.
Sadly, the ignorance about drilling is matched by an ignorance about oil spill response and cleanup. The average American does not understand oil spill response and the oil spill liabilty and compensation regime in this country.
Read and learn.
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