Whenever this nation is confronted by a major incident such as the Gulf oil spill, opinion-leaders step forward to offer their thoughts in print and online op-ed pages. Their comments are often thought-provoking and informative.
Last week in The Los Angeles Times, for example, Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren of the Cato Institute lamented the "profound intellectual poverty" that is informing the current energy-policy debate, and argued that the "demand for zero environmental risk is unrealistic." They wrote:
"As long as human beings are involved in drilling (or coal mining or petrochemical refining or nuclear power operations or oil transport or natural gas delivery), accidents will happen. The environmentalists' call to flatly reject expanded offshore drilling as unacceptably risky is i... more »
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