Everyone by now knows about the disastrous oil spill that has been contaminating the Gulf of Mexico.
On April 20th methane bubble came up through the drill column breaking through the safety barriers. A gas cloud surrounded an oil rig operated by BP (British Petroleum), causing the drill head to run to fast. As a result the rig exploded and caught on fire. This has lead to speculation of how many gallons exactly are being spilled. To date the spill has causes an estimated at 27,000 sq miles of oil slick.
Last Friday on the other side of the world in the port city of Dalian, China. A major oil pipeline exploded. This lead to crude oil being leaked into the Yellow Sea, which caused a dangerous huge firestorm for 15 hours. Dalian is China's second biggest oil import port.
The Chinese province immediately mobilized a clean up effort. According to The Christian Monitor"all staff under the age of 50" at its maritime affairs office to join in the clean-up." It sent 40 special "oil-skimming" vessels that will contain the oil in holds under the boats, 800 boats and gallons of oil-eating bacteria had joined the fight.
We are not only damaging our marine life, but also causing a health risks for people who live in the affected error.We are abusing our planet's resources , and causing inreversable damage.
My question is how can we prevent these environmental disasters from happening? How much damage will these two oil spills cause for local and global marine life?
I find this interesting becuase China what just named the number one consumer of energy. This is a timely "coincidence." The term "climate crisis" is truly fitting. As inhabitants of this earth we are getting extremely greedy and as our greed increases so do the consequences.
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