industries and put in switches that could automatically might have worked in the circumstance and -- >> blowout -- >> remember the dick cheney energy task force? it recommended against doing that because too expensive. so yet again you see that government policies do have a lot to do if you -- >> someone has a political ad. i don't know which side this comes from. the first ad to politicize the oil spill. let's watch. >> sometimes great leaders are tested. for decades oil companies have dictated our energy policy. president obama, will you lead our country into a clean energy future? or will we see more of this? president obama, reinstate the ban on new offshore drilling.