The failure of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico continues to gush out more and more oil, scientists have even detected heavier and murkier water around the spill, meaning that the oil is becoming thicker, and is polluting the Gulf with even more concentarted oil. However a plan devised aptly named "top kill" is going to be put in effect soon with in the week. The plan includes a team to dive into the spill and fill the broken line with mud and cement to plug up the break. However the company has given the sucsses rate of this plan a bleak 60 to 70 % chance of actually working. Legislation now is in debate on fines for the ones responsible for the failure of the oil rig.
The problem is fines on the people responsible won't change whats been done, instead of worrying whose going to pay for all of this, the government should be focused completely on a way to stop the spill for getting any worse or creating any more damage than it already has. The fishing industry in the Gulf is going to suffer heavely, but thats not even close to the long term enviornmental damage that will occur. This oil has been spilling for 5 weeks straight now, at this rate the Gulf may never recover. This is all the more reason to be finding better ways to fuel our nation, than with oil and other fossil fuels, they are becoming to costly and dangerious.
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