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Oil in America          America has many problems with its environment. The facts areclear that most corporations wont take the blame for them. These companies tryto reign ways surface by stating that they are non the ones responsible for theseproblems. They try to protect themselves from the mistakes they made in the crudeindustry and the country. The facts are clear that thither choose been disasters inthe oil field industry in the past ten years and they stand out in history.          The article "Myths We Wouldnt Miss", by the Mobil Corporation,states that there hasnt been a major off shore oil disaster in past years.That may be true and it tries to get Mobil out of a jam but the underlying factis that there have been oil spills and pollutants put into the environment andthat can non be excused. on that point have been facts which prove that there have beendecreases in the fish populat ion and in the aquatic life in the regions wherethe oil companies have been. The negligence of these companies can be shown indifferent fields.          There have been many incidents in the oil field industry datingback to January 28 1969, in Santa Barbara. This may have been a long meter agobut this was a disaster this country has never seen. On the 28 a well burst onthe Santa Barbara Channel. It "raged for ten days and killed 3crewmen".(Easton,10) There were major problems stopping this rig and no matterwhat happened there was already enough damage done. On February 23, the wellerupted again. The environmental consequences were evident. As the oil spilleddown towards the south the numbers were staggering of how much oil actually waspouring out into the ocean. By the month of march 3,000,000 gallons of oilescaped into the ocean.(Easton,251) hither is where the story is corrupted by theoil companies. Union Oil, the company responsibl e for this stated that theirfacts "only showed 250,000 gallons".(Easton,256) There were presidential testsand discovered the oil company was wrong. The most damaging evidence to thesesoil companies was the discovery that was made when the government sent a diverunder the spill to investigate the well. The source showed that more oil leakedthan the oil co... ...panies realize the impact they have on thepublic and realize they all need the business of the American public. Thecompanies act irresponsibly and do not use the appropriate machinery which isnot up to standard. In my own opinion these companies know the consequences ofusing what they have. There is no excuse for the problems that they have.Human error is not calculated right and there is a disaster. We know the kindof damage that is done in the marine life. Why do we insist on doing this thusly?Is there any other way to get the oil here and back? Why do the oil companiesalso try to cover up for the damage that they have done?          The Mobil Corporation states its facts well. Every companyshows that their facts make sense and gets them out of any trouble that theymight be in. They have cited sources in research books and in the articlementioned in the beginning. These sources are all well and good and they dug upthese facts to protect themselves from the truth. It is not something we canpull out of by excuses, but by facing it head on and making it easier on ourplanet and those who will be there for years to come.