More than a month after it began, oil continues to gush rapidly into the Gulf of Mexico from a damaged BP oil well. The environmental damage from this oil spill is going to be absolutely unprecedented in U.S. history. In fact, it is now becoming apparent that the region surrounding the Gulf of Mexico may not recover from this environmental horror in our lifetimes. Yes, that is how bad it really is. The facts about this oil spill that you are about to read below are absolutely going to stun you. But the links are all there so you can go check out the information for yourself. As Americans, we like to talk a good game about how we want to save the environment, but the truth is that we are doing more to harm the environment than anyone else. It is time to take responsibility for our actions, because the earth is going to become one gigantic trash heap if we are not careful.
The following are 10 shocking facts about the unprecedented environmental horror in the Gulf of Mexico that you may not know....
#1) Prominent oceanographers are accusing the Obama administration of failing to conduct an adequate scientific analysis of the damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and of allowing BP to purposely deceive the public about the spill's true scope.
#2) A large number of fishermen are becoming seriously ill - and many of them believe that the chemicals that BP is using in the Gulf are to blame.
#3) Oil from the spill has already managed to seep past blockades into areas with vulnerable wildlife, such as the Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Mississippi river.
#4) Scientists now say that the first oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has entered an ocean current that could take it over to Florida and up the east coast of the United States.
#5) One oil industry expert says that oil could pour into the Gulf of Mexico for up to 9000 days if the leak is not plugged.
#6) Local shrimpers in Louisiana are already predicting that it will be seven years before they can set to sea again.
#7) Louisiana's governor recently made this dramatic statement about the oil spill in the Gulf: "The day that we’ve been fearing is upon us."
#8) There are unconfirmed reports that black rain is now falling in southwest Florida.
#9) Despite the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. government is under pressure to issue new permits for offshore drilling as early as next week.
#10) Not only that, but gambling websites are now placing odds on what species will be first to become extinct as a result of the oil belching from BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.
What can we do about it, I live in Kentucky. I feel helpless as the earth gets destroyed.