Nuclear is good, but it isn't economically competitive. Also, the time it would/will take to build the power plants is daunting. Solar and wind are nothing but the fringe for us right now. Not viable. No, for now, coal and oil are what we're going to have to rely on.

There is nothing wrong with drilling. We just have to make sure the safety regulations are followed. As we can see now, the corrupt and union-riddled government agency that was in charge of doing that was next to useless. You can't rely on the government any more than you can necessarily rely on the good graces of a corporation. At least BP is going to have real consequences over this and I suspect they and many other oil companies are going to "clean up their acts" all on their own now. What BP is going through is far worse than the government would ever have done to them.