Obama Halts Drilling Projects, Defends Actions

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127205462

This article is about Obama and the oil spill that has recently happened. It starts out as him apologizing for saying that they were prepared for the worst case scenario. Obama also admits that the government is doing the best they can but their technology isn't as advanced as BP. The exploration of drilling off the coast of Alaska and Virginia has been put to a stop due to the Gulf Coast. Obama then goes on to say this is why we need invest more in alternative resources. Someone compared the reaction time to Katrina and he responds with, "You make that comparison, what I'm thinking about is how to solve this problem. 

For some reason we haven't heard much about the oil spill until now when BP has started trying solutions. I'm proud that Obama could admit to being wrong and that he has moved on to stop worrying about what he said and what he is going to do. But this spill is the perfect chance to switch off oil. CNN stated that this is the worst spill in American history. It has also been estimated to be twice the size of Exxon Baldez disaster. Clearly it is a very cheep energy and a lot of the country runs on it. But you have to ask are the negative impacts worth it? Oil spills not only destroy the environment but even when handled correctly their pollution is very hazardous. Therefore we need alternative resources. Yes nuclear power produces radiation but that has been controlled much better than these oil spills. Wind energy and tidal may destroy environments but I believe that anything is better than oil if it can cause this much destruction and still not close to being cleaned up.