Topic: Environment
To put an oil rig into the ocean --an ocean which we need to survive as a species-- and to have no real plan to deal with a spill is ridiculous! First it was the Exxon Valdez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill) which devastated Alaska years ago . Other spills have happened since, each time destroying parts of our ecological system, and now we have BP. In addition, the big car companies continue to produce gas guzzlers when an electric alternative (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1) has already been proven. Very Sad! The oil pushers continue to get rich and the planet suffers...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the BP oil disaster or the Macondo blowout)[3][4][5][6] is a massive ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, now considered the largest offshore spill in U.S. ...