by citisven
The disaster in the Gulf is many things. In fact, it is so many things that after seeing all that's been shown, reading all that's been written, and hearing all that's been said, perhaps one of the most fitting descriptions of it would be: It's very complicated. From BP's breathtaking incompetence/unpreparedness to our government's overwhelming helplessness, this is more than anyone can really chew. From epic efforts to plug the hole to gigabytes of advice, fault-finding and blame-assignments, this is so big it doesn't even fit in our big brains. From the vast and incomprehensible ecological damage to the yet unknown fates of the people depending on the health of the Gulf's ecosystem, words are too small to match the extent of the damage and heartbreak. And here we thought that all the fossil-fueled conveniences of our modern era were making life more simple...
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