We need offshore exploration and drilling. It's a fact of life. You can talk about green energy all you want, but the fact is it isn't ready for prime time and won't be for a while longer. The reason oil and gas still dominate our energy supply is because they are simply better than the alternatives.

We need to do it with far more safeguards in place than were present at the time of the Macondo blowout. Safer drilling techniques, more reliable equipment, a more robust and reliable method for minimizing spill damage, all of the above.