Thursday, April 29, 2010

Louisiana Oil Rig

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/28/louisiana.oil.rig.fire/index.html?hpt=T1

The U.S. Coast Guard decided to set fire to the oil that had spilled off the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico. Though this catastrophe is still going on, what I'm really paying attention to is the amount of workers that had died or had been found injured. 11 workers are still missing and 115 more were rescued.

I think that drilling off land is not exactly the best idea. Using oil rigs in the first place isn't very smart considering all of the pollution it causes, but drilling of land is good. As many have seen the oil rig exploded and caused oil to pollute the Gulf of Mexico. On top of all that, workers are still missing or have been injured in the explosion. I think that this story shows The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers and Care for God’s Creation. Though the decision to drill of land is not care for God's creation, it shows how it isn't care for God's creation. I think that this shows The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers because in the event of what had happened, the workers are the ones who had to pay for what had happened.

-Haley





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