Oil spill off of California

[Catherine]

I think I vaguely remember the Torrey Canyon spill. I would have been 12.  The ship was carrying more oil than it was originally constructed to carry. There was a lot of human error that led to the spill.
They clearly had no idea how to clean up an oil spill. It might have been better if they had done nothing.
There is still environmental damage in the area and it has been over 50 years.

Then there is the Exon Valdez.

It grounded off the Alaska coast over 30 years ago. 

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/wound...ars-later/


They had much better clean up techniques, but the area is still heavily contaminated. 

Then there was the Deepwater Horizon 11 years ago.

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/prog..._toll.html


These are just a few of the many oil spills. In each case it was humans that caused it, but humans were not able to clean it up. Large areas were contaminated and the effects are still being felt decades later. 

We don't even know how much damage we have done and yet we keep doing more damage. 

Oil spills alone would be reason enough to seek other forms of energy. What will it take for us to make the necessary changes.