The Deepwater Horizon disaster has been on my mind quite a bit. While searching the web looking for more information I came across this blog written by Beth Bond.
http://www.southeastgreen.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2049:dadgummit-just-implode-the-well&catid=7:beths-blogs&Itemid=65
My thoughts are very close to the points and facts she has stated. Being the lazy person that I am, I'm just going to say "yeah, what she said" and save myself quite a bit of typing. But seriously, my fear is that after we all wait another month for the relief wells to be completed (that's 30 more days of 35k to 65k barrels of oil each day), we find that the gushing well is still not contained. What then? I can only imagine the backlash if at that time we attempt the solution of imploding the well and it works. People will be screaming at the fact that our administration sat on its hands for 3 months when we could have stopped the flow of oil months ago. Aside from the obvious and immediate impact the spill is having to the gulf states, we all know the ecological impact of this disaster will be with us for years.
I also think that some people don't realize how huge the spill is. Yes, we see satellite images and other graphics on the television. But there's an issue of perspective that I believe some people miss. For instance, here in the San Francisco Bay area we had a recent fuel spill when a freighter collided with a section of the Bay Bridge. I can't help but think that some residents of this area think that the spill in the gulf is not so much larger than what we experienced here. Those people need to go to http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ and see what the oil spill would be like if it was here. Then maybe there would be more call for action. All I know is that this disaster depresses me more each time I read something about it.
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