Larger Consequences of the BP Oil Spill

           Besides the BP oil spill there have been 11 other oil spills in different locations around the world but, the biggest oil spill is the Kuwaiti Oil Fires. This oil spill lasted from January 16, 1991 to November 6, 1991 and spilled 42,000,000 gallons of oil in comparison to the BP oil spill which only lost a total of 172,000 - 180,800 gallons of oil (Oil Spill, 2010). A global consequence from all the oil spills has been the increase of gas prices, but most importantly the effects the animals living in the ocean and the animals that need the ocean to survive.  This eventually affects us as well because some of us eat the animals in the ocean, like fish and oysters. Eventually, due to oil spill the populations of these animals and other animals will decrease, which means that the animals we eat, there will be less of and thus more expensive. Even more importantly the ecosystems in the ocean will be disrupted because of all the animals that die due to oil spills and those that do survive will have a hard time surviving with low food supply.

References:
"Oil Spill." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2015.
"Kuwait Oil Fires & Oil Lake." Flickr. Yahoo!, n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2015.

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Oil spill comparison diagram