Much like the damage caused by the Exxon Valdez disaster of 1989, the oil,
seeping into the Gulf Coast from a busted BP, will haunt the nation and the
world for some time to come.
While the long-term environmental damage is becoming increasingly obvious by
the hour, economic and psychological wounds from the spill will have an
equally damaging effect on Americans. Once again, Americans are betrayed by
petroleum, the fluid that gave life to the industrial revolution while at
the same time making