Environmentalists in Florida are against offshore drilling in the gulf of Mexico mainly because the drilling might?

Much of Florida's economy depends on Tourists. Many of the tourists come to the Gulf Coasts of Florida to enjoy the beautiful white sand beaches. They are the most beautiful beaches in the world, or at least that is what their literature says. If only one oil well blew out and covered that beautiful beach with oil, it would ruin a large portion of Florida's economy. Since Florida has nearly a million people involved in the tourist trade, they do not want to drill for off shore oil and take the risk of destroying the jobs of a million people.

Can you imagine if you sold white wedding gowns and a lot of people covered with Greece decided it would be nice if they could take a shortcut through your shop? No one would buy a Greece covered wedding dress. No one would use an oil covered beach. Customers would go other places.