Black Gold ain`t so lovely is it

Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:00 am

Ever since the oil rig exploded and the oil is still gushing out and not contained many rumors and speculations have risen and still arising. So far 210,000 gallons or 55,200 liters of oil is gushing out from the ruptured pipe. 11 workers have already lost their lives. Apparently, they are still trying to stop the oil from gushing into the sea by having containment over it. But so far it seems that the gas hydrates forming ice crystals inside causing it clog up. Till now, they are still evaluating other options to stop the oil from polluting the sea.

Since the day the incident happened people were complaining about how President Obama was too slow to respond to the situation and BP is an irresponsible company in what it does. So far from what I know and researched it seems that BP is actually quite strict about safety. It was actually in its 7th year without a lost time accident. And comments from others made claims that BP is one of the safest companies to work for. The day before the incident it seems that Halliburton Energy Services has been doing some maintenance work 5,000 feet below. Halliburton is “graciously” owned by Dick Cheney who has been accused of allowing torture.

The President`s slow response could be due to the fact that the company itself might have wanted to resolve the situation by itself. Not really sure about these speculations as there are no proper evidence. But what happened is a tragedy, lives were lost and the environment is pretty much getting messed up. Even at such an event there are still morons out there making the most ridiculous comments just for publicity. A good example is Rush Limbaugh; he said that the oil that is gushing out into the sea is natural. In a way it is not harming the environment. That’s like saying you can mix fecal matter with water and still drink it because it is natural.

That is not the end folks; those people who are claiming that global warming is fake are saying the rapture will happen no matter what so might as well do what we want. Are they really asking for death or just being oblivious? I really do not know. Quite a number of whom that asked for offshore drilling for oil in the past are now having a change of heart after seeing this incident take place, remember “Drill baby drill”. But still it is very difficult for allot of us to go on a use alternative energy sources. One is the cost and the next is whether there is sufficient amount. We are too dependent on oil and corporate lobbyists are not going let go of us from using oil that easily.

Oil is something we still need even if it has another alternative fuel to replace it. Most of our products that we use daily somewhat have oil in them. These things have made our lives so much easier. So when will we stop sucking the oil from the earth? I do not know. Maybe a prayer or a scientist could possibly find a replacement for oil. But for those who worked and are still working on the oil rigs around the world, you definitely get my respect.

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