How damaging is an oil spill actually? Does anyone remember World War 2 and the thousands of ships that were sent to the bottom, all of them load with oil, fuel, bunker oil and crude oil? It seems to me that we survived that quite nicely here on the blue marble, without having to spend billions and billions on remediation efforts, most of which are futile anyway. Could it really be that the frenzy and panic over oil spills could be politically motivated, fueled (pardon the pun) by environmental activists who couldn’t care less about the environment, but care only about promoting anti-capitalist propaganda? How many of us have fallen into this crap-trap having had it drummed into our heads since grammar school? All one has to do is look around you to see the awful expanse of intrusive government into our lives, under the banner of “save our planet” or “clean air and water”. I believe it is supreme arrogance to presume that our puny efforts can alter the face of the earth, either for good or bad.
Perhaps a more common sense approach is to look at an oil spill as a temporary event that has immediate but very little long term impact on the environment. How about using existing technology like PetroGuard-D to clean up the floating oil as soon as it appears and then let Mother Nature take care of the rest, like she always does in the end?
A recent article regarding an oil spill in Nigeria alleges that Shell is responsible for oil leaked into Nigerian delta, while Shell claims it is the looters who cause the leaks and allow the oil spill on the ground when they are done stealing. Of course the human rights groups are pointing the finger at Shell and ascribing no blame to the looters, which is expected. However one must remember the bad fires and explosions in recent times in that same area caused by oil looters, that killed hundreds. Of course that is probably Shell’s fault too?
