I am sure many you have heard of the Deep Horizon oil spill. It has changed the face of the Gulf Coast and affected the many inhabitants within the area. Currently the Deep Water Horizon oil spill is the greatest offshore oil spill in US history and it was only recently contained on July 12 when BP put a replacement cap that prevent further contamination to the Gulf. Many are asking how to recover from this disaster. I on the other hand would like to ask if that question would be even necessary if the containment would have been accomplished a lot soon with more resources.
I typically don’t like to dwell in the past but if there is a giant gaping hole in the ground that gushes out 1,500,000 to 2,500,000 oil a day, shouldn’t everyone come and help. The environment is shared by everyone and we only have one world to spare. I feel that the government’s involvement is crucial now but would have been even more important in the beginning phases of the oil spill. Quick actions should have been taken sooner by the government to prevent the Deep Horizon oil spill from becoming one of the largest oil spills in history. Early containment was crucial to this disaster because it would have prevented bad weather from impeding workers from fixing the oil pipe. Containment before this would have dramatically increased the oil spilled. The government should have taken quick action and provided more resources into the containment of this oil spill. Like any natural disaster, the prolonged providence of resources increases the chances of a long and costly recovery.
I definitely agree with you that the government should have played a much greater role in stopping the BP oil spill. The thing I cannot believe is the amount of time they let millions of gallons of oil pour into our gulf. If BP had the ability and man-power to stop the spill right away then I would have understood the government letting BP have most of the control over it. But the spill went on for almost this entire summer. If the government had been paying closer attention they would have known that BP could not keep the oil from reaching our shores with the resources they had and would have sent more help much sooner.
ReplyDeleteThere are millions of brilliant engineers and scientists in the United States. If the government had taken the initiative to hire and gather them together to figure out how to plug the leak, I truly believe this disaster could have been stopped much sooner.