Oil Spill at the Gulf of Mexico

The natural resource is an essential portion of life on this planet whether we refer to human, plant or animal life on land and in the water. Recently, humans have been interfering with the life beneath our waters, harming them severely. On April 30th 2010, an oil tanker exploded and spilled over 798000 galons of oil. This has been the worst oil spills in the history in the United States. It has led to a lot o pressure on the Minerals Management Service team. The president of the United States has already sent a team to investigate about the accident.

The head of the Mineral Management Service; Elizabeth Birnbaum who was in charge of administering programs that ensure the effective management of renewable energy, resigned due to the pressure caused by this incident. This will not be a good idea as she knows how to handle crisis like this than for a new head taking over who does not have any experience.
BP, who is also managing this situation suggests the use of hoses of the manifold that were used for the 'top kill' so as to retain the oil and gas from the ocean. The use of hoses will be a good way to clean up the oil as it will suck most of the oil from the water.

The government should check all of their oil tanker vessels and service all their mechanical parts so that a problem like this can never happen again. New oil tanker vessels should also be made, as most of them are old. The government should start the production of large barrels which can be used to hold up huge amounts of oil during the clean up process. This process should start quickly so that we can recover most of the oil spillt rather than losing it.

People should start donating a little for the workers who are trying to help clean up the oil, for the wildlife and for the people who have lost their jobs like the fishermen. With this the government will raise money and most of the expenses will be handled well.
Since BP is managing this situation , it should consider about people living close by this accident and they should compensate the people's losses. It should hire the fishermen to help clean up the oil as this will help them get some income.


The video below talks about the Oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico and how it will be taken care of.






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