On April 27, 2010, there was a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico! As of last Monday, the spill has covered over 1,800 square miles of water! The oil is expected to remain about 30 miles offshore. The oil spill is coming from a leak in a well that was drilled by the Transocean Deepwater Horizon. They say that the tank is spitting out about 42,000 gallons a day!! BP is spending at least six to seven million dollars per day to clean up the mess. Just last week the prices in gas have increased. I think the gas prices will continue to rise until the situation is fixed. Especially since BP is paying for the whole damage anyway. I don't think that offshore drilling should be continued or even permitted anywhere! Just think about all of the animals that are dying because of someones stupid mistake. There are probably animals that are drinking and swimming in that contaminated water, and the bad thing is, the probably don't even know that they're swimming in oil! If this mess would continue to last about another 260 days, it would be known as the U.S's worst oil spill in time! Right now, the worst oil spill happened in 1989 in Alaska's Prince William from the Exxon Valdez. There was more than 11 million gallons of oil that flueded out in the water. Therefore, I think that anyone with a right mind would chose to have offshore welling discontinued.
