Will the BP Gulf oil spill have positive effects?
Along the lines of -
what people think about our oil needs, how much we use and where we get it from
and
funding and researching alternative sources
I think this will only be good news for people around the world who are pushing green energy. currently no countries really spend enough R&D on green energy and any breakthroughs in the area are ages away.
In the way of "lessons learned" there should be a lot of good that comes out of this. but i dont see where this is going to push green usage any further or speed up the transfer process.as far as other countries go, they aren't feeling the effect or seeing like we are so they prob wont give too much thought about it unless the oil starts washing up on their shores, they say Iraq pollutes more than what they use as far as oil drilling and consumption (whether or not its actually true idk) but if it is true it hasn't caused them to consider green energy anymore than anyone else.There is so much money that goes into oil and the economy that it will take over 100yrs to completely transfer to green usage without collapsing anyones economy....Economically speaking, there are going to be unfortold downfalls of gas prices being hiked through the roof...not because of the spill in general but the cost that BP is going to have to offset for the clean up and restitution for the people living in the gulf. Theres a lot of talk about BP going bankrupt but i dont see where they would go bankrupt before they attempt to hike the price of homegrown oil. and then the obvious "Eco System disaster" the effects are going to topple like dominoes before they actually get this issue fixed.. Jobs, Food, the local economy in the gulf (which is already being felt) plus the seafood industry in general. Im not exactly sure on how much of our seafood comes from the gulf but i think its a safe bet to say that its over 25%. Think about that the next time you have shrimp for dinner. Look at what the katrina disaster did for the cost of lumber during that time...it nearly doubled...given the pollution and the amount of time for the ecosystem to balance back out properly the cost of seafood may go up permanently. Not to mention they say that the gulf gains a football field of marshland every 40 min. what effect will that have on the people living there(and thats not oil related) but obama seems to think that investing money will actually "restore" the gulf...I voted for him but i dont see that happening no matter how much money you put into it.
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