Frankly, I think that most people don't really know how serious this spill is. I am not an environmentalist, and I support offshore drilling.
I just read an
article that seems to be very in-depth and unbiased in what's going on. In fact, it is the best write up I've seen on what's really going on.
The article comes to the conclusion that it is now a race between how fast they can drill relief wells and how soon the well itself is going to collapse. The writer is fairly certain the collapse of the well is a given, and is almost certainly going to happen before any relief wells are drilled.
I highly recommend reading the
article which is long, but informative. And pretty scary.