In April the Twentieth, a catastrophic event happened. An oil drill from the BP Company by the Guld of Mexico suffered an explision, which caused 5 thousand barrels of oil to spill PER DAY. this oil spill is affecting thousands of organisms, both in the water and on the land. Hundreds of animals have been dying because of all the toxins they have to support every day. Imagine having to wake up one day and all your habitat is full of toxins you can´t take anymore. Many animals have to take this everyday, and most of all because of this oil spill. All of this oil has spread over 1800 squared miles and is going for more. This spill has been reaching the biggest oil spill in history. And people may ask themselves who is the responsible for all of this disaster, well the responsible ones for this immense disaster is the BP (British Petroleum) Company. This company is obligated to pay a fee of 7.5 million dollars. Still, that amount of money won´t affect much this company because we humans still keep on using petroleum as our only fuel.
There are thousands of habitats and species being affected, and this is just another inustice in the world. They are obviously not responisble for this disaster and it is something really unfair because they had nothing to do with it. Now, they have to suffer consequnces that they never asked for. The BP Company has thought of several ideas, yet they haven´t acted much. An example would be when they thought of blocking the leak, but still before even doing it they thought that idea would eventually fail. Many people ask themselves what BP will do, and they still have no answer. BP has said they will pay a 7.5 million fee, as said before. Still, BP Company has been demanded by many states close to the Gulf of Mexico, including Louisiana. Because of the size of the oil spill, which is larger than many countries and cities, including Puerto Vallarta, it will take a massive amount of time to clean all of the oil. This spill has already affected the Earth because petroleum is something that living organisms cannot tolerate. Sadly, this leak is still releasing oil as all of us keep on writing and thinking, thinking what will happen next. It may take months, maybe even a year or moe than a year, to stop this leak and clean the ocean. As that time passes on, animal species may even become extinct. This act has been a great one in the human race history, and maybe when it is over with the leaders of many countries will think before acting. For example, the BP Company had stopped the maintenance and as the water pressure got higher, the more chances of the tubes were to break. There have been more thoughts about petroleum, though. For instance, the use of solar energy or gas that comes from cane. Maybe this event will help us in the future, but for a better tomorrow we have to act today.
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