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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Deepwater Horizon blowout

See The Oil Drum take and this refresher course for background on our oil dependency.
A Survivor Recalls His Harrowing Escape; Plus, A Former BP Insider Warns Of Another Potential Disaster
Our addiction to cheap energy has a way of clouding memories of even the most vivid disasters.

For a moving tale from the past of the ocean deep and an earlier oil boom, see PBS' Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World.




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