Take a deep breath, my friend.
This oil spill makes us sick at heart and makes me afraid for our future. I do understand the dynamics and have done a lot of reading.
I think he's painting too rosy a picture and is holding onto his facts and figures rather than looking at the damage being done every day. He sees a problem that can be fixed. I see damage and death and people and their livelihoods and our planet suffering under the heavy hand and stupidity of the human race. I'm not sure we deserve to survive. I'm not volunteering to die.
Just so you and Tom know, I did qualify for Mensa. I'm hardly dim. I may be fading away but my light bulb still works very nicely. 😁