This scene is one from the beach near Isla Vista... near the UCSB campus. I remember going to the beach there frequently when I was at University... (of COURSE this was AFTER I had studied all I could to ace my exams..LOL)... On this Isla Vista Beach I invariably would get a big blob of oil on the bottoms of my feet or on a towel. The ocean between Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands in California is dotted with oil platforms. In the past I've thought of them as a necessary evil... an annoyance. Even though we were often told that the oil blobs form naturally in that area and were not because of the platforms and the drilling, I never really believed it. Now that we've seen the horrific devastation of coastline and wildlife and livelihoods that can happen, I more and more think we should never sink another off-shore well ... ANYWHERE. I'm hoping those that work on platforms that are already there are redoubling their efforts at safety and caution.
This scene is one from the beach near Isla Vista... near the UCSB campus. I remember going to the beach there frequently when I was at University... (of COURSE this was AFTER I had studied all I could to ace my exams..LOL)... On this Isla Vista Beach I invariably would get a big blob of oil on the bottoms of my feet or on a towel. The ocean between Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands in California is dotted with oil platforms. In the past I've thought of them as a necessary evil... an annoyance. Even though we were often told that the oil blobs form naturally in that area and were not because of the platforms and the drilling, I never really believed it. Now that we've seen the horrific devastation of coastline and wildlife and livelihoods that can happen, I more and more think we should never sink another off-shore well ... ANYWHERE. I'm hoping those that work on platforms that are already there are redoubling their efforts at safety and caution.