Clearly, British Petroleum should pay the cost of cleaning up the oil spill, and our government should investigate what caused this occurrence so as to prevent future calamities.

However, even if oil will not be splashing against the beaches of Long Island, the negative effects on the Long Island economy will be greater than an increase in the cost of shrimp if this disaster results in unreasonable restrictive environmental and energy policies.

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