Oil Spills

 Julius Caulder



https://theconversation.com/californias-latest-offshore-oil-spill-could-fuel-pressure-to-end-oil-production-statewide-169215

    I personally think oil spills should be taken more seriously. Not only because of the short term effects but also the long term effects on our environment. The most recent one I have heard of is the oil spill off the coast of California. The amount of oil that is dumped into the ocean when an oil spill happens is more of a problem than the oil. If you added a drop of oil to a glass of water it wouldn’t seem like much but fill the glass ¼ full of oil and it makes a big difference. This oil spill covered over 25 miles of shoreline in Orange County California. Oil spills are extremely difficult to clean up and can have a huge effect on sea life. They try to clean up as much as possible but the closer the oil gets inland the harder it becomes to clean up. It is a long process that starts causing problems as soon as it happens. Not to mention what an oil spill does to our environment later and how big the long term effect could turn out to be. 

Comments

  1. Jonathan GranadosOctober 28, 2021 at 6:59 PM

    I also think that we as a whole need to take oil spill more seriously especially when the spills are in the ocean. I feel like a lot of people take for granted the beautiful things that we have in this world like the ocean, because who knows maybe one day we won't have them.

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  2. yvaladezOctober 29, 2021 at 4:27 PM

    Julius, I also think that oil spills should be taken more seriously, there was a very big oil spill recently in Huntington Beach, CA. How do they clean up oil spills?

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  3. MichaelOctober 30, 2021 at 12:58 PM

    Great post! Oil spills are really serious as they are part of pollution, and endangers a lot of especies in the ocean. It really have bad effects on our environment

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  4. Tyler PerkinsOctober 30, 2021 at 1:52 PM

    Oil spills are interesting and I don’t know how they clean them up, but we do need to take care of them.

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