Since oil is natural, is the BP oil spill really that bad?
The plant and animal species that survive the oil spill, through evolution, will be stronger. The natural bacteria that eat oil will multiply. The disaster will also put more emphasis on alternate energy supplies, like nuclear power.
So, is the oil spill as bad as the news reports?
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June 18th, 2010 at 6:27 am
Look at the previously biggest oil spill, the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound, in Alaska. It’s been 20 years and the fishing industry still hasn’t come back.
It’s true that the earth can overcome just about any disaster. It’s thought that the dinosaurs were killed by a meteor that struck the earth. It caused a long ice age that killed most life on earth. But the earth bounced back. It just took a few centuries. And if we had an all-out nuclear war and killed every human being on earth, the earth would go on. Just without us.
But for the here and now, for people whose livelihoods depend on the Gulf of Mexico, the spill will destroy it for at least the rest of their lives. Fishing, hotels, restaurants, resorts, marinas, etc. etc. They will lose hundreds of billions of dollars in business, maybe trillions.
As for the disaster putting more emphasis on alternate energy supplies, well we haven’t done that after two wars in Iraq, after 9/11, after the Exxon Valdez spill, after watching oil go from 4 dollars a barrel to 200 (and then back down some). Our energy policy is made by the oil companies themselves, and they want us to stick with oil until it’s all gone. Because the more we pull out of the ground, the more valuable the remaining supply becomes and the higher their profits are. For them, this mess is a -good- thing!