No. See related questions.
It is the 5th largest oil spill in history and the 2nd largest if you don't include the oil spills during the Gulf War in Kuwait. But so far it is still about 1% as bad on wildlife as poaching in the Gulf of Mexico. In short, it's pretty monumental as far as how bad an oil company can be, but mild in terms of overall environmental impact. In the short run it is also having a major impact on local fishing, causing businesses to fold. In contrast Exxon Valdez doesn't even make the top 20.
The total numbers are not yet known. Estimates are impossible to make until the spill stops.
A very timely question. There is a 75 million dollar cap on liability related to damages. The White House has stated that it would like to increase that limit and make it retroactive. There is also a fund set up from an 8 cent per barrel tax to pay for oil spill clean up. See related links.
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!
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.
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it will kill our Eco system, if its not stopped fast,we will not have any fish then wont have any bears then the sick animals in the forest will make everything will be dead.please stop the oil spill,fast!
Covering the spill with dirt or cat litter will make a gasoline spill inert. The liquid is not explosive, but the fumes are, so absorbing the liquid will decrease the volatility.
These may help u.... http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/05/15/4377374-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-how-to-help and http://blogs.abcnews.com/gma/2010/06/gulf-oil-spill-how-you-can-help.html However, if you would like to be in action yourself and do help in the actual cleaning, make sure that you get a hazwoper training first as the oil spill is not only dangerous to the animals and marine life in that area but also to the workers helping to clean it up.
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yes because the boiler can make a spill
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