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Well presently I'm over a thousand miles north of it... and hopefully there will be a 200 years from now :)

"Looking at this whole picture from the outside the blame for the situation at hand belongs to anyone using oil right now, incuding myself. None of us will pay for the damage being done by using this oil. It will be our children, grandchildren and the many generations to follw who will have to pay for the mistakes that we are making right now."

Following that line of logic, we are paying for the mistakes of our grandparents. Would you not agree with that?

If you feel the need to take personal responsibility for your energy 'misdeeds' then you are free to do so. It was not my decision to drill into the seafloor, pretty sure it wasn't yours either, and I was not offered the chance to vote on it. That's the point I'm trying to illustrate. Even more to the point, to use your example, for every new well they drill there is one less opportunity to do things differently. That is the way I see it.

BTW did you know there has not been a new refining facility built in over 25 years? Seems to me (and a whole sheetload of other people) that the amount of traffic increase in that time would sure justify building a few more?

You know..... if they really wanted to keep prices reasonable. AHEM.