石油钻井是项“平衡”的艺术,但上个月墨西哥湾英国石油公司的井喷事件,无疑没能实现这个平衡。这是又一次的生态灾难,在美国引起的轩然大波要远超事故本身。奥巴马的能源政策遭遇更多的质疑,低碳经济的步伐被要求加快,征收碳税的可能性逐步增加,石油公司必然要为此次事故在未来支付更多的成本。 Oil drilling is a “balanced” art, but last week’s blowout from British Petroleum in the Gulf of Mexico undoubtedly failed to achieve that balance. This is another ecological catastrophe. The uproar caused in the United States goes far beyond the accident itself. Obama’s energy policy has been more questioned, the pace of low-carbon economy is called for accelerated, the possibility of carbon tax increases gradually, the oil company is bound to pay more for the accident in the future costs.