YouâÂÂd think that this oil spill would make the government learn from their mistakes, right? It seems that the spill has opened everybodyâÂÂs eyes but the Obama administration and the oil companies.
A couple days ago, I was reading the latest issue of Rolling Stone and found an article about BP and ShellâÂÂs next drilling plans in the Arctic. The article stated that the government seemed to be going along with these plans and giving them the green light. As I was reading this, an article in a mainly liberal magazine that was criticizing the Obama administration, my blood was boiling.
Shell and BP plan to drill in the Arctic as soon as January, when ObamaâÂÂs temporary freeze on drilling ends. After the debacle in the Gulf, how can anybody think of doing more drilling, in a harsher climate no less? If there was another rig explosion, oil could leak into the Arctic and we would have no chance of cleaning up, because in the harsh winter, the Arctic is covered in ice that is very hard to break through. The oil will rush through the Arctic, destroying habitats and wildlife everywhere.
The article then said that the corporations did not have appropriate plans of action for worst-case scenarios. I can not believe that with between 94 and 184 gallons spilled in this spill, 1387 dead sea birds, 444 dead sea turtles, and 53 dead mammals, the corporations still are not capable of responding to another spill.
How can the government allow these companies to drill again in the near future? We havenâÂÂt even fixed this spill yet! If you really want to destroy innocent animals habitats and the environment as we know it, take it one spill at a time! The government has to realize that the state of the environment is in their hands and that is worth more than any amount of money. They must put a permanent freeze on drilling. Now is the time to learn from our mistakes. Lets open our eyes and make a change before itâÂÂs too late.