There are too many issues to discuss at this point and many reporters have already provided the info, here are some links to the LA Times which has some of the best reporting on the topic.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-na-oil-spill-20100510,0,251714.story - BP trying to fix it.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100509,0,1038312.story - BP unable to fix it.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-051010-na-oil_fix-i,0,2873419.htmlstory - How containment might work, if BP could manage it. Which I doubt they can since they could even manage to drill safely.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-rig-20100423-pictures,0,5444277.photogallery - Photo gallery, birds, sea turtles, sharks dead.
Tragedy is overused but it really is a tragedy. What is there left to do when this hasn't paused the movement to drill drill drill? Wait for more drilling? Even if only one in 10,000 or 1 in 1,000,000 drilling operations (I don't know the actual statistic) ends like this, the consequences are too great and the reward is too small.
http://mapapps.esri.com/disasters/oil-spill/gulf-2010/index.html
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/11/peak-oil-production-supply Interesting article.
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