Wash Post On Faith: Want Not, Waste Not

First Posted: 06/02/10 12:19 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:40 PM ET

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Perhaps if we all "lived in the virtue of that life and power which removes the occasion for a gluttonous desire for cheap, nonrenewable energy," BP and other companies would not feel the need to engage in such risky behavior.

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