Katrina spills

In a recent op-ed for the Washington Post Charles Krauthammer argues for increased oil-drilling because, in part, "The United States has the highest technology to ensure the safest drilling." This may be true, but it does not follow that our technology is safe enough. Krauthammer continues, "Compare the Niger Delta to the Gulf of Mexico, where deep-sea U.S. oil rigs withstood Hurricanes Katrina and Rita without a single undersea well suffering a significant spill." This is a pretty strong statement to make without any references, and it turns out it is simply false. Katrina resulted in the largest oil-spill since the Exxon Valdez (ref). This is the age of the internet, why can't the Post make its opinion makers include references in their pieces? Just one hyperlink dudes? At best this practice would prevent blowhards like Krauthammer from just making shit up to support their cases, and at worst we could locate the sources of these insidious falsehoods.