DAvid Strahan.
"To pull it off, the President will have to resist the temptation to succumb to a xenophobic blame game, but if he does, and uses the slick to steer America towards a more sustainable energy policy, we should all be thanking BP"
This has occurred to me in quiet moments. For a country wedded to the internal combusion engine, with big long roads, and relatively cheap petrol, this might help to concentrate the collective mind.