It's about time that I blog about the oil spill. I wanted to wait till the problem is under control. However, it has been over 2 months and it's still spilling at a staggering 60,000 Barrels/day. Apparently every 4 days equals one Exxon Valdez spill!
This incident was initially downplayed by BP as a minor spill that can be contained very quickly. Yet we all know now what a far cry from the truth that was. This kind of cover up would certainly not have gone unnoticed by the top guy of the company, Tony Hayward. Being the CEO of a company comes with many benefits and with that comes work and tremendous responsibility. Tony Hayward basically denied responsibility for the spill, as he puts it, BP drills hundreds of wells a year and he cannot inspect everyone of them. I think it's this lack of responsibility that has affected how he handled this issue - how can one deal with something wholeheartedly if all he wants is to run away from it?! This wrong approach has deterred the response and likely fueled people's anger towards BP.
The societal consequences including job loss are pretty obvious and made very clear by the press, so I won't go there. Yet the environmental consequences seem to be determined by the amount of shoreline the oil reaches. Wait a moment, what about all the lives who call the sea their home?! Though there are some people out there trying to redirect the path of dolphins but what about the other marine lives. Just because they are not endangered does not make their lives have any less value! People are not god and yet act like they are when it comes to the environment, determining which lives are worth saving and which are not. ALL LIVES ARE EQUAL and people should treat them as such.
Let's see how this unfolds after the relief wells are completed and implemented.
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