The situation with the off shore oil station that broke and is dumping 4,000,000 gallons (100,000 barrels) of crude oil per day is something that is breaking my heart. I know that the planet is basically run off oil and its a much needed evil, but my god, how could we let something like this happen? It's not just a leak that let off some oil but was fixed. This is a leak that has been going on for close to a month and no one has any idea how to stop it. How did we mess up that bad?
This spill even in its current state is going to have ecological effects (to the point of mass damage and destruction) on the Gulf of Mexico for multiple decades. It will probably cause major issues for the rest of the world soon if the oil gets into the gulf stream and begins to travel in the currents.
Again, it breaks my heart. I don't have any solutions, I don't know how to help, and I don't feel that blaming corporations is going to be any consolation. I just hope someone finds a way soon and stops this. Quite literally, the ocean is currently being destroyed.
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