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A better long term solution is part of it, yes. The reality of the situation, though, is those things don't do what oil does yet. Therefore, we must do something to increase out own oil production.
I would also suspect that the new solutions will have their own setbacks. Take hydrogen, for example. What is the exhaust for hydrogen fuel cells? It's water vapor. In a community such as Phoenix, what does the daily commute do when water vapor is being put out by several hundred thoughsand cars? It would completely alter the desert ecology.
There is no panacea. I'm all for something better than oil. But there isn't anything yet. And it's not looking like there will be for quite a while.
Of course oil rigs can leak and sink. Oil tankers crash, too. The best one can do is to try to utilize sources in the best and cleanest way possible. However, not all oil rigs leak and not all oil rigs sink. They do take on properties of reefs.
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