Eric Hernandez 11/10/2011
"BP Wins U.S. Approval for First Drilling Plan Since Macondo"
The purpose of this presentation was to further look into the topic of energy, in this case I focused on petroleum. This article caught my attention because I had a flashback to the one of the most horrific oil spills in U.S. history caused by British Petroleum. The idea that the after year and a half, the united states has given permission to BP to do deep-ocean oil drilling in the gulf coast is quite a surprise. The article gives a brief overview of the approved oil-drilling that is going to happen and very interesting facts about it. According the article, BP has vowed to overachieve the current safety regulations set by the United States Government. Many environmentalist are outraged because the oil spill still lingers in the gulf today and BP should completely mend the gulf until it is given another project. Ultimately, gasoline has been the primary energy source of CO2 emissions and on top of it, its extraction process is prone to disasters.
Discussion questions
Should BP still be allowed to drill in our shores even after the causing the biggest spill in the countries history?
Should the US implement heavier restrictions on BP considering it caused the massive oil spill?
Looking back the topic of energy, our dependence on oil for a couple centuries, there is so much trouble that petroleum brings whether oils spills and co2 emissions? Is smart to move to cleaner energy?
Link To The Article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/21/bloomberg_articlesLTFFN16S972L.DTL
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