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He didn't say it was OK. He said it didn't change his mind that we needed to tap into those resources. For sure this is a disaster for many many reasons. But as I said before, bad things happen. We learn from them, we adjust, we press on.
Yes, no doubt we will.
But at what cost? Who pays the piper?
We might pay a bit more for our shrimp dinner, but hundreds (if not thousands) of oil soaked sea birds will pay with their lives, so too will the marine turtles, how many dolphin and manatees will suffer lingering deaths. Not to mention the fragile eco system of filter feeding molluscs and delicate plant life.
Usually its the least of us who settle the bill, the seal cub who gets clubbed so we can wear fur, the elephant who is maimed and dies in a trap so we can buy ivory, the turtles who drown in shrimping traps, the marine birds and creatures who must die so we can drive, the bears who are baited for bile........!
Are these innocent deaths a fair trade off?
No, I dont think so.