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After the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Exxon should have paid for all the cleanup and also provided preventative measures!
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How well did the Exxon Valdez solutions work?
The solutions that were meant to repair the damage done by the Exxon Valdez were mixed. Exxon spent many millions of dollars on the reclamation, but it will be many years before the area will return to normal.
What was done to fix the Exxon Valdez?
If your question is concerning the repair to the tanker, "Exxon- Valdez" then: It was repaired in San Diego. It is no longer owned by Exxon and is currently it is transporting oil in Asia at least as of 2009. See related link. If your question is concerning the clean-up of the spill created by the tanker accident, various efforts to clean up the oil spilled on the rocky shoreline were attempted, but complete clean-up was infeasible, as discussed in the related link. Environmental damage occurred and the legal cases lasted for almost a decade.
Is it true that the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is a bigger and worse leak than the Exxon Valdez disaster?
Sometimes, simple questions do not lead to simple answers. More oil spilled- Yes. Areally larger - difficult to say. Worse to the environment- too early to tell. Environmental damage is complicated. While I hate to complicate good headlines with minor technical details, but let me suggest that comparing Exxon Valdez to BP spill is difficult. Different marine and coastal environments, different type of spill, different clean up containment and clean up measures. Any oil spill will expand with the wind and currents, and undergo mechanical dispersion, with chemical and biological changes to its structure and makeup. Assessment of the environmental impacts of the weathered oil, distant from the foci can be subjective. Has more oil spilled out into the Gulf of Mexico at this point in time than spilled during the Exxon- Valdez disaster? The best answer is yes, if you accept the Task Force estimated Macondo flow rates of 12,000 to 19,000 barrels/day or 0.504 to 0.798 million gallons per day. Perhaps you've seen the headline that more than a million gallons is flowing from the well. It is actually a bit less than a million gallons per day on the upper end of the range. So, given the well has been flowing for around 40 days, the oil spilled in the gulf to present (May 30) is approximately 20 to 32 million gallons. Exxon valdez accident in 1989 spilled 11 million gallons. The volume issue is complicated by the fact that oil is being recovered with skimmers, which will continue after the well has been capped. The insertion tube and control burns reduce the amount of oil at surface. The volume at the surface is being diminished everyday by evaporation of the lighter hydrocarbons and dissolving in the sea water aided by dispersants. Evaporation did occur with Exxon-Valdez oil, but it was a heavier crude and seawater was colder. So is the net oil volume at the surface for the BP spill more than Exxon Valdez? I don't have an answer. Is the areal extent larger? I know for the Exxon-Valdez spill, the affected area became a very controversial issue- particularly in the courts. I expect that the areal extent of the BP spill will be equally controversial, as it becomes more difficult to track the individual streams with low concentrations of oil (or tar balls). Which spill has done the most environmental damage? I think it's too early to tell. Oil has invaded environmentally sensitive areas but at present, it is fairly localized. The BP spill is still going as of May 30. There will be some recovery of the ecosystem, as was the case in the Gulf War spill, Ixtoc, and the Exxon Valdez. See related links.
Are there any drawbacs to oil (such as pollution ect) in Alaska?
Of course there is. Many oil tankers end up spilling oil for one reason or another. This ruins the environment and kills birds and animals. I suggest you watch the story of the Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska. The damage done from the spill will last for a 100 years. There are no drawbacks to the oil itself but to the transportation of oil. Pipelines can damage the tundra and tanker ships can spill oil into the bay/sea/ocean.
What three methods were used to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
There was no clean-up. The shipwreck took place on an isolated coastline in Baja California in 1957.
Was there a song made after the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
At least one radio station in Pittsburgh made a song, "Cleaning Up This Mess in the Bay." Done to the tune of "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" it had the following Chorous: Cleaning up this mess in the bay, Watching the tide roll away, Cleaning up this mess in the bay, working overtime...." And a verse of: Looks like my buckets almost full, Maybe I should have finished high school, they said fill this bucket of mine, and dump it out again 11 million times. This is how I make my bucks, scraping this sludge off the ducks, working for Exxon sucks, They should move their oil in trucks!
What are some BP oil spill essay topics?
I can think of many. Here's my list: 1. What organizations are involved in the clean-up? 2. How do skimmers work? 3. How does the BP spill compare with the Exxon Valdez spill 4. How do they estimate the rate of oil coming out of the blown out well? 5. What was the "top kill" attempt and why did it fail? 6. What damage has the oil spill done? 7. How are birds covered with oil cleaned? 8. What are being done with turtles covered with oil? 9. What is a tar ball, and are they dangerous? 10. Who are the people in charge of the clean-up? A good essay should be well organized. You should be able to come up with 3 to 4 ideas you want to make, and organize each one into a paragraph with supporting details. For example, if I want to write an essay on the skimmers, I might want to make a list: 1. Description of a skimmer (part of a boat, or the boat itself) 2. How well can they recover oil? 3. What else besides the skimmer is capturing oil? I've included a Wikipedia link to help you. Good luck.
What technological advances have affected prokaryotic organisms?
Bioregeneration - changing bacteria to make it useable. Examples are Factor VIII for hemophelia. Lactobacilus and Bifidobacteria in yogurt. Using bacteria from rose petals to make an organism that uses crude oil for food which was done for the Exxon Valdis oil spill.
What should the bp oil spill have done to prevent this?
The people who work on getting oil for our transportation they can check the oil everyday that this won't happen ever again!
When an acid or base spill on a table top what must be done?
wash it with water
What is being done to the oil spill?
I heard that they have a cap on it that's getting half of it
What was done to clean the oil spill in Louisiana?
There was an oil spill in Louisiana?!?!? Oh yeah..... there is still oil floating around near Florida and the Gulf of Mexico
