Monday, July 5, 2010

What Did We Learn?

What should be done now to prevent this from ever happening again? Well, first there should be legislationg passed that requires more regulations for the oil companies. They should be responsible for making sure that their rigs are in the best condition they can be through multiple checks by an agency. That being said, I am sure that BP and all other oil companies have their rigs at the highest safety ratings possible. However, the spill just showed us that things can go wrong with even the best laid plans, and this is why I am encouraging stricter regulations and frequent checks. Secondly, there needs to be a lot more research put into ways to contain a leak. This disaster has proven that the oil companies don't know what to do at such extreme depths because the conventional ways don't work. So, there needs to be more resources dedicated to that area of oil containment. If you are going to drill at such deep depths, then it should be required to know what to do if something was to go wrong. Thirdly, the reaction time by companies and countries in the even of a disaster should be much quicker. I thought that the US would have learned a lesson about response time from Katrina, but I guess they did not. If both BP and the US would have reacted a little quicker, then who knows how it would have turned out. BP should have already had a containment device in the works when the rig went down, and the US should have received the help that was offered by the other countries. Maybe if these things are changed, we can avoid another disaster like this one.

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