Oil Spill Off Huntington Beach
Your editorial regarding the oil spill off Huntington Beach misses the point entirely (“California Takes a Bad Spill,” Feb. 9).
As long as our engines of economic growth continue to be driven by fossil fuels, those fuels must be transported by tanker fleets. Furthermore, as long as tankers continue to traverse the oceans, there will inevitably be accidents and spills regardless of how “safe” any one particular ship may be built.
If individuals and corporations are given no viable alternative to petroleum-based fuel products, society must accept the inherent risk that the transport of those fuel products presents.
No matter the regulations, rules, standards or penalties proposed, it will happen again; maybe in five days, maybe in five years. Just don’t cover your heads in the sand and pretend the problem will just go away. It won’t.
DREW J. PHILLIPS
Carson
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