President Barack Obama was on the Gulf Coast again Friday vowing to limit the damage from the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The sad truth is it could take decades for Florida and other gulf states to recover from the 47 million gallons of oil released so far. Yet that is still less oil than America consumes every 90 minutes. The federal and state governments need to focus on shifting to cleaner energy if America ever hopes to lessen its dependence on oil and the possibility of another catastrophe.
via Oil spill must push U.S. toward a clean energy future – St. Petersburg Times.
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