Tuesday, June 1, 2010
oil spill cause and effects
A boat crashed into a pipe containing many gallons of oil. The pipe started to leak into the gulf of Mexico and is still leaking. 11 people died an the boat sank during the tragic accident. Therefore, the company is loosing a lot of money. The oil spill is so huge that they are having trouble controlling it and it is spreading into the Florida keys. Bp did not change the batteries so then the rig crashed into the pipe containing many millions of gallons of oil.
Attempted solution
One attempted plan was that they tried to clog the pipe. The problem with that is that the Gulf is very very deep. Another attempted solution is that they tried to build a wall to keep the oil in the area that it is already in. The problem with that is that the concrete will sink. We think that a good soultion to fix the oil spill would be to burn it but there would be many risks that we would take doing that. Another soultion that we have come up with is toput giant tubes allround the oil and then suck it up!
regions effected by the oil spill
the regions that were effected by the oil spill are south america, north america, the carribean islands and possibly south america.
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