“The proper response to concerns [about nanotechnology] I raised would be sensible regulation, which doesn’t seem to be on the agenda right now. Let’s see if they can do proper regulation and inspection of offshore drilling. There’s an example where people didn’t have a reasonable plan if something bad happened.”

“That is a major disaster, but it’s not contagious. Imagine if one oil well leaked and because of that it infected other ones and they all started leaking. That’s more of the problem I am talking about.”

Live Video of the Oil Spill (bp.com)