To the Editor:
Christopher Brownfield presents several good arguments for stopping the
BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico with an explosion (“Blow
Up the Well to Save the Gulf,” Op-Ed, June 22).
An additional argument is the pressure such a plan or action would put
on companies drilling there. They would realize that failure to stop a
leak will lead to the destruction of the completed well, which might
lead to better backup for failures in the future.
Elizabeth F. Shipley
Narberth, Pa., June 22, 2010
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 