{"id":253,"date":"2010-06-05T01:25:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T06:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2010-06-05T01:25:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T06:25:55","slug":"the-big-oil-spill-is-it-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/the-big-oil-spill-is-it-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Oil Spill &#8211; Is it the Beginning of the End of the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From British Petroleum, to Beyond Petroleum and Now, the Biggest Polluter, BP has proved to be a largest disaster on the face of earth. Is it the beginning of the end of the world or the end of life itself? The big oil spill and the consequences leave us shocked with nothing anyone can do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"348\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/the-big-oil-spill-is-it-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-world\/gulf-oil-spill\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg?fit=485%2C322\" data-orig-size=\"485,322\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Gay\\\/AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A shrimp boat is used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., Wednesday, May 5, 2010.  (AP Photo\\\/Eric Gay)   Original Filename: AP100505022655.jpg&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gulf Oil Spill&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gulf Oil Spill\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A shrimp boat is used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., Wednesday, May 5, 2010.  (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)   Original Filename: AP100505022655.jpg&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg?fit=300%2C199\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg?fit=485%2C322\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-348\" title=\"Gulf Oil Spill\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg?resize=150%2C99 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg?resize=400%2C265 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Gulfoilspill.jpg?w=485 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drill, Baby, Drill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Offshore drilling is not allowed in most of the coastal areas. According to the Minerals Management Service, US coasts have billions of oil barrels and trillions of gas sources along the coasts of Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. Seventy per cent of oil is found under water, where it is most expensive to drill.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans used the &#8216;Drill, Baby, Drill&#8217; slogan as part of their support for extensive drilling for additional sources of energy. The corruptive authorities and government policies led to large drilling contracts throughout the USA coastline. British Petroleum purchased a large number of energy\u00a0companies\u00a0in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spill, Baby, Spill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1297284887870121\";\n\/* Oilspill300x250, created 6\/4\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1464671495\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Huge blowouts followed by fire are uncommon during oil drilling but oil spills are common. Some of the reasons of the spills might be oil ships hitting objects or other accidents causing the oil spill. Apparently, as the level of depth increases, the water pressure, oil pressure increases and becomes difficult to control. The strength of the pipes could not withstand the pressure resulting in a major blowout. Despite the technology and computer alarming systems, the blowout became\u00a0unavoidable.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On April 20, 2010, in the Macondo Prospect oil field, an oil well exploded. As a result, around 1.1 million gallons of oil per day is leaking in to the Gulf of Mexico. The oil slick is spreading and has covered around two thousand miles on the water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whose fault is it anyway?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the oil well is owned by British Petroleum, it is maintained by Transocean company in that area. British Petroleum helds Transocean responsible for the maintenance and hence the blow out. Whereas, Transocean helds British Petroleum responsible for the quality issues. Currently, British Petroleum accepted the responsibility for cleaning up the ocean. But, not sure if how to control the blowout in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>BP is using toxic chemical\u00a0dispersant\u00a0such as Corexit 9500 that may clean up the spill but may kill the entire life in the oceans. Further, BP have tried cutting the leaking pipe and putting a cap over it. But, that effort failed too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kill, Baby, Kill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1297284887870121\";\n\/* Oilspill300x250, created 6\/4\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1464671495\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Currently, as BP and the entire world remains clueless as what to do to control the current blow out, the oil slick has reached Florida beaches and may reach the east coast within the next month. The slick is reaching the tourists in the Florida beaches in Pensacola.<\/p>\n<p>Further, there are no contingency plans thought of or backup plans laid up in these emergency situations. Also, the President visits pulls in temporary clean up staff on the coasts. The cleanup staff apparently leave as soon as the President leaves the coast!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BP Efforts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"BP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bp.com\/bodycopyarticle.do?categoryId=1&amp;contentId=7052055&amp;nicam=USCSBaselineCrisisJune&amp;nisrc=Google&amp;nigrp=Non_Branded_General&amp;niadv=General&amp;nipkw=live_oil_spill\" target=\"_blank\">BP <\/a>promises to pay the fishermen a loss of pay but not sure for how manu months. They may clean up the slick, but cannot control the damage already done. The website has toll free numbers for ideas, suggestions and volunteers in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Containment Dome\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bp.com\/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&amp;contentId=7062653\" target=\"_blank\">containment dome<\/a> was successful but the cleanup may take even longer time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From British Petroleum, to Beyond Petroleum and Now, the Biggest Polluter, BP has proved to be a largest disaster on the face of earth. Is it the beginning of the end of the world or the end of life itself? The big oil spill and the consequences leave us shocked with nothing anyone can do.<a href=\"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/the-big-oil-spill-is-it-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Big Oil Spill &#8211; Is it the Beginning of the End of the World?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[142,145,144,207,148,146,143,206,204,149,147,205],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daytoday","tag-big-oil-spill","tag-bp","tag-british-petroleum","tag-corexit-9500","tag-eco-system","tag-environment","tag-gulf-coast","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-minerals-management-service","tag-nature","tag-oceans","tag-transocean"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AvRz-45","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":663,"url":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/new-year-resolutions-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":253,"position":0},"title":"New Year Resolutions &#8211; 2011","author":"KP","date":"December 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"After Thanksgiving and Christmas, its time for the new year celebrations. 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