You’re right of course that we only have the best available knowledge to go by but as history proves available knowledge at the time can be highly unreliable at best. The worst thing about what’s happening in the Gulf is that everyone involved [from Government to BP to the people who worked on the rig] knew the risks but carried on anyway despite the warnings. That’s just plain dumb. And careless. And not much different to what happened on Titanic. But unlike the Titanic this thing’s going to go on forever. The damage done can never be rectified entirely.

My concern has always been that this kind of thing could happen off the Great Barrier Reef which is just off the coast from where I live. An oil spill in the marine park in a World Heritage area would be even worse [if that's possible] but still ships arrive unescorted by a pilot through some of the most treacherous reefs on the planet. It’s only a matter of time I guess.

Thanks again for popping in. Lovely to meet you.

I say this from my perspective though. I am not a BP that could cripple an environment with my mistakes ; ). Oftentimes, I just make the best decision, and give the best effort with the information available to me, but I have found that non of my mistakes are ever beyond repair because I don’t make them at the bottom of the ocean.

Thanks for a great post!

It’s a notoriously simplistic [and hugely idealistic] viewpoint I know… but sometimes simple is good. As Albert Einstein once said ““If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” Maybe he was right. Maybe not. Who knows?

But he did also once say “Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them” Which does kind of lend weight to the Don’t Do What You Can’t Fix theme. We could definitely use a few more geniuses around the place at the moment… but where the heck do you find a good genius when you need one? (((LOL)))

I wish it wasn’t so… but sadly it is. However it’s still a beautiful song… and no more so than when sung by Enya in this version which I stumbled upon [purely by chance] and has been so well put together here almost for this purpose. Thank you Edd whoever you are. You did a stirling job.

The cartoon came in parts. First the little boy. Then the pelican. Then the name of the pelican. Probably derived inadvertently from Mr Percival of Storm Boy fame. And then finally the sinking earth being swallowed up by an oily sea. And the gentle innocence of those who are cast adrift awaiting rescue… a rescue which will more than likely never come. But still we must have faith…. in ourselves… in the world at large… and people everywhere… that the answer will come. And hopefully soon.