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Welcome to our Wikispaces page. This page is meant to help create a more eco-friendly world. Our specific topic is oil spills. Oil spills can be in any size, but can be deadlyeither way. Did you know that the BP Oil Spill was the deadliest in the history of the world. Please browse our site for interesting information on oil spills.

The causes for oil spills are very different, but all cause the same results. Most oil spills start on an oil transport or oil platform in the middle of an ocean. With an oil transport, the ship could sprout a leak. Other things that have happened are collision, explosions, grounding, hull failures, and fires. On oil platforms, there are fires, explosions, and the pipe connecting the platform to the sea floor can burst.

There are many affects of oil spills that impact people, animals, and nature. The most important being wildlife. Oil spills release harmful chemicals that cause animal disease and most of the time animal death. If you eat animals that are conatminated with oil, you could die or be severely injured and never be the same for the rest of your life. Oil spills usually kill marine wildlife buit can also kill wildlife on land in very rare cases. The decrease in marine wildlfie due to the oil spills were very fatal to small and large seafood industries because it is against the law to serve spoiled or unhealthy seafood.

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There are many ways we, as a nation can prevent oil spills. You can waste a lot more money if you have to fix an oil spill than to prevent it. Many scientists are also considering an energy revoltuion. The only problem is that we would need a long-lasting power source like windmills or solar panels and those cost a lot of money. There is also a simple way to fix and decrease the amount of oil spills, modify your equipment so oil tanks do not explode. Most poeple though are considering to change a main power source. Maybe instead of under water have the oil be stored above ground. And finally you could change the design structure. The one thing that all of these ideas to prevent oil spills have in common is that they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. And in our economy, we have our eyes on more important things.



There are many places where an oil spill can happen. The most recent on was in the Gulf of Mexico. Also, there has been one in Prince Williams' sound in Alaska. And there was one in Orme, Helen. And the Exxon Valdez oil spill was very fatal to marine wildlife..

There are many uses of oil in the worl. Most of the oil in the world is used in vehicles. And in video games and a television. Some are actually in food! And they are in cosmetics and plastics.



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__Works Cited:__
 * 1) Record Oils Spills; __World Almanac and Fact Books__
 * 2) Oils Spills;Helen Orme; __Pollution__
 * 3) Harmful Effects of Oil; __Monkeyshines on America__
 * 4) Uses of Crude Oil; __Tampa Tribune__; Ken Reilly
 * 5) __[|www.greenpeace.com]__
 * 6) __[|www.technologyreview.com]__