Last of Earth's Oil Spilling Into Gulf of Mexico, To Be Burned
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Thisweek's stuff we can't stop from pouring out of the Earth's crust is ... oil! And like that Icelandic volcano, the Gulf oil spill is one of those disasters you hear about and then forget and then it keeps popping up in the news again and suddenly it's UH OH NO WAY TO STOP THIS.The British Petroleum-leased rig exploded on April 20, and eleven workers were presumably killed in the blast. Every day since, some 42,000 gallons of crude oil have poured out of the hole at the end of the 5,000-foot-long pipe. But now, BP says the well is spewing more than 200,000 gallons per day. If the company can't stop the spill, the Department of Defense will take over. The Coast Guard has already begun
Last of Earth's Oil Spilling Into Gulf of Mexico, To Be Burned
Last of Earth's Oil Spilling Into Gulf of…
Last of Earth's Oil Spilling Into Gulf of Mexico, To Be Burned
Thisweek's stuff we can't stop from pouring out of the Earth's crust is ... oil! And like that Icelandic volcano, the Gulf oil spill is one of those disasters you hear about and then forget and then it keeps popping up in the news again and suddenly it's UH OH NO WAY TO STOP THIS.The British Petroleum-leased rig exploded on April 20, and eleven workers were presumably killed in the blast. Every day since, some 42,000 gallons of crude oil have poured out of the hole at the end of the 5,000-foot-long pipe. But now, BP says the well is spewing more than 200,000 gallons per day. If the company can't stop the spill, the Department of Defense will take over. The Coast Guard has already begun