well if they could drill in alaska they wouldn't have to drill in the gulf, all the easy places to find oil are gone, they need to go to extreme areas to find the oil that is left, its too simplistic to say that "oh well, they fucked up the gulf" we've had oil rigs in the gulf for decades without major problems, but shit happens, you can't prepare for something like this, you have to learn from your mistakes and move on, there is no magic wand that can go back in time and fix shit, nor just erase a problem overnight