A thought on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

This ghastly BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is giving me nightmares along with everyone else.

How much longer can we bear to look at the pictures of the oil saturated wildlife suffering so badly. The pelicans, the sea birds, the turtles. The total wipe out of the shrimps and the fish, not to mention the disastrous effect on the beautiful coastline and the people who work there and make their livelihood from the natural richness of the area - a richness with is now left in virtual rags. Everything is lost. It will take decades to recover.

Why is it taking so long to stem the incessant flow of oil? Before they were allowed deep sea drilling didn't BP have a contingent plan in place for quick action in the event of a tragedy on this scale? Did try think they were infallible?

That it begs the question as to whether we should be so reliant on the oil industry for our day to day living is a given. Surely now western societies will think again before they become so willing to pillage the oceans and the natural beauty of the planet.

If no one learns a lesson from this calamity, then surely they don't deserve to have the relative riches that the wealth of oilfields, both in the oceans and on land affords them.

Please say a pray that a solution will be found and implemented soon. The people who live and work in the affected region do not deserve this. The wildlife in the area does not deserve this. The planet which is home to millions of life forms as well as our own does not deserve this.

Please God let it be resolved soon……