The cons of offshore oil drilling
We have huge benefits from oil but it is costing our planet.
Burning fuel for energy and transportation is possibly a part of global warming and poluting the earth.
Oil spills are a major problem and pollute rivers and oceans. There have been some gigantic oil spills.
The Exxon is one of these. The Exxon Valdez ship spilled over 11 million gallons of oil in the ocean which is about 1,000 big swimming pools. Over 300,000 birds died; they had oil stuck to their feathers and couldn't swim or fly. Oil killed so many fish, shrimp, and crabs because it got into their bodies but the number killed isn't even known. Sea otters, seals, seal lions, and whales swallowed oil and their bodies got coated with oil. Thousands died from this.
The BP Oil spill is another gigantic spill. In this case there was a blow out and 5 million barrels of oil spilled into the ocean they tried to clean it up but it was too late, the oil made it into sediments, which is very bad for gulf fish. A lot of people were angry at the oil company because of the harm the oil spill left to the Gulf killing a lot of marine life.
The below link discusses an article about the BP Oil spill.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2007428,00.html
The below link shows pictures of major oil spills:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/10/us/20100510_OIL_TIMELINE.html
Burning fuel for energy and transportation is possibly a part of global warming and poluting the earth.
Oil spills are a major problem and pollute rivers and oceans. There have been some gigantic oil spills.
The Exxon is one of these. The Exxon Valdez ship spilled over 11 million gallons of oil in the ocean which is about 1,000 big swimming pools. Over 300,000 birds died; they had oil stuck to their feathers and couldn't swim or fly. Oil killed so many fish, shrimp, and crabs because it got into their bodies but the number killed isn't even known. Sea otters, seals, seal lions, and whales swallowed oil and their bodies got coated with oil. Thousands died from this.
The BP Oil spill is another gigantic spill. In this case there was a blow out and 5 million barrels of oil spilled into the ocean they tried to clean it up but it was too late, the oil made it into sediments, which is very bad for gulf fish. A lot of people were angry at the oil company because of the harm the oil spill left to the Gulf killing a lot of marine life.
The below link discusses an article about the BP Oil spill.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2007428,00.html
The below link shows pictures of major oil spills:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/10/us/20100510_OIL_TIMELINE.html