First, the new drill areas have not even been looked at yet.Norway has drilled much deeper than BP, but they added more redundacy to the precautions, it cost more to do it,but hey no matter the price, WE will pay it. Its the bottom line, if you make seven or eight passes, you are far ahead of the game, even if you do eventually throw craps.It used to be called "standard oil" then american oil, now BP owns it. I have friends and relatives who work at the big BP refinery in Indiana, cost cutting is the major item they are woried about.They petioned the state to make changes so they could refine oil sands stock. Guess what? It couldn't be done using the EPA minimums for pollutants released into the air, So it wasn't granted. Do you think BP was worried about the effects it would have on the future drinking waterof over 10, 000, 000 people. There comes a time when we have to look at the big picture,the price of gasoline wouldn't have gone down that much, but the price of removing hydrocarbons fromthe drinking water would have sky rocketed.There are no simple solutions to these problems,Ethanol works because we subsidize its use.Turning switch grass into a fuel source, demands using more energy.I dont have any idea of how to stop our use of petroleum, its cheaper than coal conversion.You cant put a nuke motor in a pick up truck, yet . So wwe pay. and pay.