We need to become aware of how much exploration has been done and how many wells are already out there.

And then we need to lobby hard for a moratorium on new exploration, and eventual retreat from exploitation.



I'll bet you didn't know how thoroughly developed the offshore assets already are.

Some maps of the gulf to ponder:


They want to drill off Florida's west coast:

Note: Those blue lines are the network of EXISTING pipelines out there.





New discoveries are further and further offshore and in deeper water, more difficult to ensure environmental safety:



Open up this large image, PDF, to see the networks of underwater pipelines out there now, you'll be shocked:

http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/lsesale/vis...



And this big one: "How many Holes are in the bottom of the Gulf?



(That's just the holes, not the pipelines)





http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/05/10... /



http://www.whitehouse.gov/deepwater-bp-oil... /