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No Matter Who is To Blame – BP Oil Spill is a Huge Disaster |
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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster of tremendous proportions that will be an ongoing problem for decades if not longer. Passing on the blame has been a defense mechanism ever since the April 20, 2010 explosion on board an offshore oil rig situated off the Louisiana coast. The man made debacle resulted in the deaths of eleven workers and the created disastrous results which will take decades to clean up and resolve. Pointing the fickle finger of blame has become a popular pastime, especially for the higher ups who work for BP (British Petroleum). Even the former head of BP, Tony Hayward, has come forward and admitted his company simply wasn’t prepared for what happened and what followed the explosion and successive leak, which became the absolute worst oil spill for the US or anywhere else. Even the 1989 spillage from the Exxon Valdez oil tanker up in Alaska which accounted for some eleven million gallons of crude oil pales by comparison with the estimated two hundred million gallons plus that flowed from the damaged oil rig, the Deepwater Horizon.
Ongoing harmful effects of an oil spill change ecology as we know it
Within days the results began to emerge as birds, fish, other forms of wildlife, and even human health was at stake. As the days went by thousands of birds began to show up literally soaked in oil. Fishermen had to face the fact that they may never again be able to earn a living doing what they love to do, and that involves supplying fresh fish and other forms of sea food to the US and international markets. But their plight was vastly overshadowed by the sight of birds, turtles, and coastline grasses, immersed in black slimy crude oil. There is nothing more pathetic in appearance nor so innocently attacked than a sea bird totally engulfed in the “black gold” that has made some men extremely rich and powerful.
BP oil was found good at “passing the buck”
As this environmental catastrophe continues to play out BP has dedicated itself to cleaning up the mess they created with their offshore drilling disaster but they also have been quick to pass on the blame to others involved with the industry. Halliburton and Transocean who participated in the sealing off of the well involved were made to face blame of inadequacy along with government regulation procedures and oversight. The government agency that was at least partly responsible, the Department of the Interior, was alleged to have analysts and technicians that were not fully qualified plus staffing found to be undermanned and incapable of handling such an enormous disaster. But the blame must be squarely placed on the originator of the catastrophe and that is British Petroleum itself.
BP was celebrating their safety record when it blew up!
It has been reported that executives with BP were in fact celebrating the safe record of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig as the disaster occurred on April 20 of 2010. Eleven died that day but none of them were “executives”. Through various cost cutting measures the company was doomed to fail. Offshore drilling which involves wells some half a mile or more below the surface seem to be a disaster waiting to happen according to many who oppose the activity. But they drive cars and trucks the same as millions of others so can qualify for at least some of the blame. After many months of high volume spillage, the well was finally capped off and declared permanently sealed off.
President Barack Obama began an investigation in May of 2010
Accused of “dragging his feet” in regards to facing the situation, President Obama began a hearing to investigate the BP oil spill in May, weeks after the catastrophe occurred. The results were made available in a lengthy report and sited everything from inadequate control and equipment in poor condition to engineering blunders and even plain old human error. Then when nothing positive was accomplished, offshore drilling continued on as before. Although, at least some newer safety rules have been enacted, the equipment still has high failure rates to take into consideration. And then there is that human error thing to think about too.
First the Gulf of Mexico then the world will feel the results of spill
The results of the BP oil disaster of 2010 are and will be an ongoing catastrophic occurrence of tremendous proportions that will affect mankind and wildlife for decades or even longer. It remains to be seen precisely how far reaching this will become. As the oil is contained in the Gulf it still remains out there with untold harmful effects yet to be seen. If we learn nothing else from this occurrence let it be that life is too precious to toy with by allowing simple men to make decisions they are ill equipped to handle.
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