Although I would love to have a Realistic approach to the disaster of the oil spill and say we are capable of being responsible for our actions. In those actions, we are including back up plans, studies of worst and best scenarios, ecological effects in both efforts, etc, etc....the reality of the situation is that WE CANNOT HAVE A REALISTIC APPROACH...even if the major companies say they do. Truth be told, through these "small" actions of realistic planning are not resulting in fruitful consequences. The man wants to continue finding ways to make this world bigger and better, but what we are blind to see is how all these actions add up. Unfortunately, we are all responsible for the oil spill. If the consumer did not exist, then we would not need ocean drilling. I feel that on another point, the U.S. government knows EXACTLY what they are doing by approving these offshore oil drills. Are we being greedy by not utilizing our resources? Absolutely. This would mean we are not being "realistic". This means we are being selfish. It is so much more difficult for the public to really determine the cause of the explosion and the reason for all of this, since it's underwater! If the drilling had been done on land, it would've been done and over by the end of the first week it occurred. So..my opinion is that we need to decline all ideas of working against Earth's natural way of being and humanity needs to go back to working the way nature intended to. Walk, hunt for your food, and sweat for your labor.
I think that we as a human race are becoming so greedy that it's becoming ridiculous. You would think that we learned our lesson through the Exxon incident a few years back, but it seems like history is just repeating itself. I blame a lot on bp for the oil incident, and how they are handling the situation is terrible. I heard that it will take up to August until they actually stop the leak which I found is totally unacceptable. The damage that will be done to our oceans will be serve and there will be precautions for it. I blame us also because we as nation and even other countries should get together and find a way to put an end to this.
I believe we are becoming enslaved by technological advances. We're not content with what we have, we just want the next "big thing". Last week there was a power outage for a hour in my neighborhood, and people reacted as if the world was ending. I am sadden by the news about our Gulf of Mexico, it hits close to home. The lack of response from some people amazes me, I guess because the oil spill is not in their front yards it doesn't bother them. Like I've said in other post "we share this world", we(B.P.) need to be more responsible.
Okay, maybe we are really greedy which our nature as animal to want more is. In fact, we were trade to live that way. Is there a way out of this unacceptable attitude since we are rational animal? Yes. Things are put on earth for our use, then it s up to us to decide the way to share them, or manage them, and petrol, oil is one of them. Like everything else we failed do things properly. As we spoke about the food situation, the health situation, power, and so on, there many things that we cannot help ourselves to be greedy about. For some it would probably to go green the biggest solution. I believe it is one step closer to the solution, but the main thing is to realize that when earth will burn because of us being greedy it will with us in it; therefore together we can start something by acknowledging when we go too far, oh yeah there is a limit, and those little mistakes are signs, so we can slow down at some point.
Okay, maybe we are really greedy which our nature as animal to want more is. In fact, we were trade to live that way. Is there a way out of this unacceptable attitude since we are rational animal? Yes. Things are put on earth for our use, then it s up to us to decide the way to share them, or manage them, and petrol, or oil is one of them. Like everything else we failed do things properly. As we spoke about the food situation, the health situation, power, money, and so on, there are many things that we cannot help ourselves to be greedy about. For some it would probably be to go green the biggest solution. I believe it is one step closer to the solution, but the main thing is to realize that when earth will burn because of us being greedy and illogical, it will with us in it; therefore together we can start something by acknowledging when we go too far, oh yeah! There is a limit, and those little mistakes are signs, so we can slow down at some point. Come up with better ideas than to turning circle in order to keep the first place. It should always be about doing and being better, remember that better could be about being the first, but it is more in the act. We need to start reflecting good, and mean it for a change, not to keep up the front row.
If there is one thing that we can learn from studying the history of the human race is that collectively we’re a lot like each other. What I mean to say is that after analyzing ancient civilizations as well as more modern ones we can see clear similarities in our ways of being. If we were to dissect old cultures like ones on Easter Island, Rome, Mexico, etc. we can see that regardless of time or place, when you get a lot of humans together the end result is almost always greed, corruption, murder, and so on. This spill is yet again a classic example that reminds us that we care much more about convenience and never ending prosperity rather than what’s ethical. When confronted with dilemmas that are almost always a direct result of our own actions (committed unwittingly or maliciously) we always find a scape goat rather than face our own imperfections and faults.
I think we started out using technology with quite a realistic approach. Technology can be a very viable tool. I also believe that this has changed a bit because of human greed and exploitation of our resources. As with this BP disaster, our reliance on oil has fueled us to drill for more oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Our technology has betrayed us and our coral reefs and other aquatic wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico are now paying the price. I think this would clearly point to a pessimistic approach to technology. Now we have an enormous problem with oil just dumping out into the Gulf and apparently no way to stop it. The best way to prevent this issue is to just not drill into the ocean floor, but because of our need for oil I don’t see this happening. Since we must drill into the ocean floor, there must be safety measures put in place that would not allow this kind of thing to occur or at best have a plan to stop it if and when it did occur.
In my opinion, I definitely think that this recent disaster points to a pessimistic approach of technology, because according to what I have understood, BP’s greed was the cause of this disaster. Because of their eagerness to earn more money, they did not created better alternative ways to obtain the oil they wanted; instead, they ignored the risks that their own studies reveal to them. I also have to recognize my blame because as a big gasoline consumer, I’m part of this disaster. I seriously believe that there will be realistic and optimistic technology approaches from my current and future generations, and that one day, we will all come up with great green ideas to avoid these problems in the future. From my part, I have started to save money since the beginning of the year so I can have a good down payment for a hybrid car next year, and if it’s God will, I will be able to afford my new car and that way I will contribute a little to the conservation and restoration of the planet where I live.
I strongly believe we are enslaved by technology. It is ridiculous. Now a days we cannot live without technology and we should be ashamed of ourselves for getting so use to technology. It is not right. we cannot live without air conditioner. What about when air conditioner did not exist? We cannot live without transportation. But it would be nice to take the train once in a while. Not only is it good for your physical health but you save gas and reduce pollution. I think people rely too much on technology. I believe the whole idea before technology was advanced was to improve the planet, use it in a responsible way, for us to be able to control it. But it is clear that technology is manipulating mankind. For wanting to improve the planet, technology is indeed backfiring back or in other words giving us a negative feedback. I do believe it is men that will destroy itself and the earth.
As if the media doesn't talk about the oil spill enough...here we go. To question technology based on the oil spill is not a valid argument. The oil spill does not undermine our technology, it undermine's our will. The will of cleaning it up in time. BP, in my opinion only, worries more of the political awareness than financial or economical devastation. Having said that, I believe that technology ONLY IMPROVES because of exactly this. Imagine if everything worked correctly and never failed. What would technology be? It wouldn't be anything because if everything was right, there would be no need to improve it and thus never change. Imagine, have an open mind, that we lived in 1909 and we heard of another coal mine disaster. People would question our ability to mine coal as a justifiable means for energy. Yet today mining coal is much much safer, these ordeals happened all the time. Now we are outraged if it happens once a year. Our standards improve but the disasters still happens. That is something we cannot change. Back to the oil spill, yes this is the first time it's happened where the pipe is leaking into the gulf of mexico. But, I can guarantee that engineers will provide a way to prevent this from happening again, as said by Mr. Eyton a 'DECREASE IN RISK'. We are optimistic, look at how technology is today. I would not be able to type this message and let the world see it. We are also pessimistic because of the artificial intelligence that is supposedly inevitable. The realistic thing to do is to control the technology. The model pointing to the oil spill, I believe, is the optimistic. We believe we can drill wherever we want and whenever we want without consequences. I personally am glad of this spill because now more people can see the greener side of things. Unfortunately that is the time when everybody realizes there's a problem! Stop Drilling!
I usually exercise caution around people who claim that technology has enslaved us. However, the BP fiasco has strongly illustrated the ill effects of technology. There is no clear solution to the issue, and no final estimate as to how much damage will be done once the matter is resolved. First, the issue arises because society has come to view oil as a necessity. Thus, we too are to blame for the spill, if only to a lesser extent. Such a spill would not have happened had demand and a market not existed in the first place. As a society, we have provided the conditions for such types of events to occur.
We no longer live in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries, yet humanity has always been fixated with its inexorable march towards technological advancement. But how much must society sacrifice in order to achieve what some promise to be a utopia? In this day and age, we use products whose long-term effects have not yet been determined. Furthermore, we have imposed our own conditions, constraints, and the like on the planet. Clearly, there is great danger when nature is recklessly manipulated to achieve selfish ends.
Technology is a viable tool, if used with responsibility. Technology has its pros and its cons, this issue lay in between. Yes we are to blame part for this disaster because we voted for the oil drilling in the ocean but all we were thinking bout was political. Not the issue that it would affect wild lives and it will end up affecting our lives as well. We decided to risk food sources, sea life for the sake of oil? We as nation and even other countries should get together and find a way to put an end to this. We as a people should’ve to think bout the consequences of our action…what may seem good at the moment may be harmful down the line. In order to avoid this issue in the future the same time we invent a new technology we should have more then one back up plan in case something goes wrong.
I would say realistic with a bit of pessimistic.Realistic approach is to improve our lives, but this time, unexpected disaster happened which seems nothing to do with improvment of our lives. Actually the disaster will mess up everything we have built, and we, human have to pay for it. "pay" means not only money, it includes paying for our time to spend cleaning the ocean, and paying for our ignorance that behind our daily lives, somebody must provide energy, somebody ship the energy sourse, and somebody must convet it for us to use. The reason I chose bit of pessimistic is that what happened seems as if the warning from the earth to me. The warning from the earth means, our arrogance and selfishness are becoming overwhelmed to the earth, so we human need to stop and think what we are doing at some points. This disaster is the effect of what we do in every day life, such as driving to somewhere where you can just walk, just a few blocks away from your house, or unnessesary high volume while you are watching TV or listening music. These actions consume so much carbon dioxside, and we know that we are producing more CO2 everyday. Therefore, now it's time to concern about our natural sourses, environment and prevention to less pollute our earth.
Am I responsible for BP’s debacle? I believe there are two ways you could discern this. First view is that the consumer should be held responsible, everyone is a consumer, therefore I am responsible. The other view is that the people close to the situation and have control over what is decided on the topic is responsible, I am not close to the situation and have no control over what is decided, therefore I should not be held responsible. I agree with both point of views but moreover with the latter, because I believe we are all a by-product of how society shapes us. It’s practically impossible not to be consumer. As for the belief that we are placing excessive faith on technology, that’s completely unjust. I feel like any other indoctrination, we believe what we have justified proof for. Why is it that many children believe in Santa Clause? It’s not because their ignorant, it’s because they get justified evidence every Christmas in the form of presents. We have countless amount of proof that technology is generally dependable. Nothing that is man made can be absolutely perfect, because we are not perfect. However, I believe blaming technology is undeserved. David Eyton who is a formal vise president for BP’s deep water developments in the gulf of Mexico said that “We find ourselves designing floating systems for 10,000 ft of water depth before the lessons of working in 6,000 ft have been fully identified”. This is the issue they are so concerned with the prospect of advancing that they are rushing past the point of contemporary technology. I believe it’s labeled as BP’s debacle purposely, if they handled everything more logically and less money savvy, this disaster may have been prevented. Living life on contingencies as a result of impatience, will only lead to undesirable outcomes ...
I definatly think we have something to do with what happened in the oil spills. We humans have become so greedy with all our resources and have forgotten about the harm we cause the environment. When they were drilling on land they probably have a back up plan in case something were to occur or malfunction. When they decided to drill in the deep ocean and not take down precautions in case of worst case scenarios, they were wrong and and oblivious. Now that it has happened everyone is looking around not sure how to solve it. I think it's pretty ridiculous. The rest of the world gets to watch barrels of oil spill into our beautiful ocean. This truelly is sn environmentel disaster. Now we solely count on technology to fix our problem and sometimes it just doesnt. I would hope that we could all have a realistic approach to technology and our world. There should always be a back up plan in case situations like this occur and if there is no solution then we shouldn't be doing it anyways and we shouldn't have been drilling at the bottom of the sea.
With technology i believe that it can be viewed in both a optimistic and realistic approach. If anything is to go wrong due to a flaw within technology then we have only ourselves to blame because we are the ones who created it to begin with. Everyday we become more advance with the new discoveries within technology, certain things can be done simpler and quicker then how they were before. But we abuse the power of technology more then what we should. We have only ourselves to blame for such mishap. As for the BP incident, i agree with what you said during the lecture on Tuesday- "Yes it is BP's fault but it is also ours" We need to accept that the incident is also our fault and instead of waiting for BP to do something or help out, we need to take action and do whatever we can to stop the oil spill from causing any more damage. We can't be depending on BP to make things right, its too late for that.
I believe all three approaches led us to this Environmental Disaster. We as humans are not perfect what makes them think that machines that are built by humans to be perfect? Accidents happen even with the advanced technology even if BP used all the tools and safety mechanisms avialable. They were unprepared and unable to respond to this unexpected disaster. We are all respnsible for the oil spill society demands oil companies supply. But, I hope out off all this unimaginable human and mechanical error a lesson has been learned that puts a stop to off shore oil drilling. The consequences as we are seeing are devastating, we are so blind by what we need to use that we never imagined what can happen to our environment we are ruining our environment. The defenseless animals can not speak but we need to stand up and speak for them and not allow something like this to happen again. We need to find other resources. At this point I think they need to stop finger pointing, I think other countries should be welcomed in participating in coming up with plans to stop the oil spill. More minds put together work better especially with those countries who may have engineers whom have encountered similar problems. When the problem is fixed then point fingers.
its really difficult to go back to the way things were and not very likely, once we have found a smarter more convenient way of doing things there is probably no chance of going back. I think that as far as technology realistically when things go bad people love to say how bad technology is, but they dont realize how important the advancement of technology is, for example, as far as medicine, technology saves lives every day and no one seems to have anything to say about that, but as soon as something goes wrong and the thing is for technology to advance things NEED to go wrong and they will people want to immediately point fingers and want to go back to when there was no technology. For the most part technology is a sign of improvement, I think as far as the oil spill what needs to happen is they need to find a solution, fix it and moving forward find ways of prevention. That's really all we can do now.... Instead of wasting energy on blaming someone all the time how about we resolve the matter at hand in the most effective efficient way possible? and to be REALISTIC no one is going to go back to hunting???? like that just doesnt make sense... if you can buy something why would u hunt for it? and not only that before everything was forest and jungle, in miami its all buildings??? what r u gonna hunt a cat and eat it? like come on, be honest, theres no need to caveman over here.
Maybe the government needs stricter laws for these oil companies, and yes it our fault because we are the demand but NONE of us really know what procedures are done in order for us to get oil and things like that... MAYBE if we were aware then it would be different but its not like we have spies working for BP that we could know of underwater pipes and things like that, so yes its our responsibility but it has to be someones responsibility to educate us on these things....
To be over powered by technology would be pretty fast. I think humans should be abel to conquer the most. Of course, certain equipment help us to do things easier. However, it's not like we've always had technology. Humans depend on technology and they hope for an increase it's brilliance. Moreover, the oil spill might have been some one's fault, or not. But in my opinion, if something is bound to happen, then it will. Just as we make mistakes, so can technology. Not everything you obtain is golden. Becoming enslaved by technology would be out of the league. It would signify laziness and ability to work and do less since you'd have assistance from "higher intelligence". Truth is, we can not always depend on other appliances. At the end, we have our mind which has the power to do so much more than we know. If used responsibly, then you can say each power is equal and limited to certain standards and occasions.
The recent disaster points directly to the realistic view of technology because we use technology to better our living conditions however we never look at the negative effects that can happen to us. For example, cell phones grew to become the most popular device that one cannot live without. One does not know that cell phone batteries carry radioactive substances that can cause leisure or tumors to the brain. However, we never look at the negative effects of cell phones, we just make more new ones that can harm us later on in life. Just like the BP problem we never looked at what will happen if a pipe busts under the water, we just continued to dig to oil wells. Many people are blaming BP officials or Gulf Coast officials but who is really to blame? Ourselves!!!! Each year we are able to create new iPhones or new cars with 12 cylinders (BMW 760Li), why can’t we create solar cars or more hybrid cars that will use less gasoline/oil. But, we don’t care, one rather sit in a 62s Maybach to show their status rather than to save and preserve nature. When will we learn that fossil fuels won’t last forever? We need to change now! Since this disaster has happened. I planned to switch my entire bills to paperless and get them sent to my email. (That’s a Start) As a whole, we need to create cars that run on solar energy and more HYBIRD CARS AND TRUCKS!! This is something the President of the United States needs to address, so United States can be more efficient!
I personally think we are destroying our environment. As human we have the tendency to think we can do everything we want with our environment just because we have “Certain power over other species”. How wrong we are, with this attitude we are only destroying our world, our home. Looked to what we just caused, with the BP’s debacle. A lot of people must think they have nothing to do with this but this affect us and we are the ones that caused this huge damage to the environment. What I would say is that this disaster has been caused by the two methods of technology pessimistic and realistic. I strongly believe that if we don’t earn how to use technology, it would lead us to a worse disaster than the one that happened couple of weeks ago. I also believe that if we learn how to live with it would be very helpful to the growth of human species. What we should do as humans is not to blame other for our mistakes, learn from them and learn how to take responsibility of our acts, and learn not to depend on technology that much.
I am so ashamed to see how the whole world is not coming together to help stop the leaking since BP is not able to stop it. I believe they are expecting to stop it around August. Can you imagine how much damage that will leave in the ocean? What about the living things in that ocean, how will it affect them? The answer is very! And the ocean and living things in it being affected is not JUST BP’s problem, it’s the whole worlds. Another thing is that, men are so busy trying to “upgrade” the world with technology, they forget or could care less about the natural things in it. Of course we’re to blame overall because at the end of the day, only human can make decisions for the world.
I agree with most people that drilling effects our environment in so many levels. But we sincerely take things for granted and accept this disaster to happen. The oil spill that occurred in the gulf of Mexico was caused by a malfunction of the machine and now their are days and days of oil spill all over the ocean. Sometimes the things we are aware of keeps us in a selfish way in which we don't take consideration of the future. Technology is one big factor in our life today and even when they are programed to help and decrease problems they can leave a huge destruction in one single error. You see, even technology, or machines make mistakes, and that simple error created a massive political destruction for the environment. So I believe that our solution can be in not relying on technology so much, but to keep in mind for our future and consider every output so we can maintain and create more enhance and efficient environment
There are an infinite amount of lessons to be learned regarding the oil spill and the spiral of events it's caused, will cause, and the monstrous disaster it will leave behind. Yes, BP is responsible for this particular oil spill- but who gave them the permission? Where do the massive amounts of funds come from for a project of this magnitude? It is ignorant, egotistical, and greedy to think that man is capable of creating the successful technology, or tools, to drill so deep into the earth, expect for everything to go smoothly, or even to think they could possibly have a solution if something were to go wrong- big oops! A quote from the The New York Times article said that they "did somewhat underestimate the full nature of challenges we were taking on in the deep waters of the Gulf." That statement is completely irrational and unacceptable- how is it possible to understand or even predict challenges that could arise in waters of that depth? This, to me, seems like yet another way that money and greed can distort one, or many people's view of reality. The title of the article "Our Fix-It Faith and The Oil Spill", is appropriate and addresses another concern- our "fix-it faith" needs to be addressed. We as a country… as a world… as a whole need to spend more time being proactive. Although some things can't be controlled, there are other things that can be done to prevent such accidents; like the oil spill for example- stop drilling and spend the time and money on seeking an alternative source. To address the question at hand, I feel that I am a realist when it comes to technology- it can most definitely be useful but there should be some responsibility involved. For example; I agree that having a cell phone or using map quest is useful... but sometimes I do worry that I have forgotten how to navigate around and find addresses because of my dependency on the technology. Now I can either try, every once in a while, to get somewhere on my own and test my street knowledge (responsible) OR I can completely depend on my GPS and the day it fails me (let's say-GPS/phone runs out of battery) be completely lost without an ounce of knowledge of how to get around (not responsible). This is obviously a very small scale example of our dependency and faith in technology.
Side Note: In reference to the constant media coverage and conversations regarding the oil spill... KEEP IT FLOWING (no pun intended)! We have put oil and money first and our environment, second. The awareness and attention to this disaster is vital for the future of our country and any positive changes that may follow!
HMMM!!! Who is responsibe for this? It is very unfortunate that we still can't figure out a way to fix that oil spill. Not to say that the disaster is setting us back, but it is something that we need to quicly find a solution for. We need to do so as quickly as possible because we might think that it doesn't affect us now but, in the future it will. Remember, we are getting oil from somebody, its not like we have it in abundance. As far as technology, i'm optimistic. Techonology is now becoming something that we used on a daily basis, it facilitates almost everything that we do. The only time technology can be not so goog is when we don't use it wisely.
We as Americans are taking too much risk on technology and abusing the use of it. In today’s society, we do put too much faith in technology. It’s reaching to the point where it’s betraying us as well. I believe it will only continue on getting worse if we don’t put an end to the damages it could cause later on in the future. To avoid future problems in this particular area, we need to rely less on technologies or have some sort of discretion on the consistent use of technology. Technology in the beginning was to help and improve our country and make things a lot easier for us; instead we have taken advantage of technology doing everything for us. Now for the oil spill issue, I think BP is the one that’s responsible of the disaster that’s happening in the Gulf of Mexico. I find that they should’ve made sure that what’s going on now, been prevented. It’s sad that so many animals underwater have to suffer and die. Many businesses that deals with selling fishes, are forced to stop working because of the present conditions. Also, many beaches are being destroyed and this also affects tourism. With this oil spill it is really affecting everyone and will be awhile for everything to go back to normal.
honestly,when it comes to the oil spill with BP,I really dont see us as being responsible for that.I could take the normal route and agree that we are responsible like every other person who posted on this comment but how can i call myself a philosopher if i just agreed with everyone's opinions and not try to challenge them.As Americans we brag and boast on how our nation has evoled from the past and how technology has changed our lives for better.Even if one chooses to deny this fact,my response to them would be "Go live under a bridge".The reason why I would tell them that is because now everything we do envolves technology.Such as preserving food in a fridge,cell phones,cars,showering in hot water,recieving medical treatment,watches,etc......I could go on but i must reach my point.When we as human beings purchase a product,we know that eventually that product will expire over time but we still choose to buy it because it brings comfort and it makes our lives easier.Even as a kid growing up I learned that nothing last forever,including our lives.This is why certain warranty and insurance was made.The point that am trying to make is that nothing is 100 percent guaranteed,even with technology things malfunctions.So,in BP's case its understandable to say that certains things happen we have no control over.I look at it like this,when things are going good and people can benefit from it,they love it.As soon as there is a problem everyone wasnts to point fingers and argue instead of working together to fix the problem.I was born into a world with cars so thats all I know.If it was up to me I would walk to school or ride a bike if it wasnt 20 miles away.So to take responsibility for the oil spill because i buy gas BP?I cant.If a person choose to take that responsibility then they should raise their kids without cars,shoes,ligth and every other thing that oil helps create.I dont think we would result to pessimistic because when its comes to technology we learn from our mistakes,this is what made USA a developed country.I agree more with optimistic and realistic because in hospitals we depend on techology which is good and benefitial just as long as we continue to use technology with responsibilty.
i think we as the human race have fallen into the technology twilight zone. we have become the victims of technology not only in light of the oil spill but as quickly as technology gets more and more intergrated with the human race we are slowly giving up our power to control machines. now a days machines have the ability to outsmart. we cannot reach a common conclusion because we do not understand it to begin with. we dont know why the pipe bursted out or why animals are dying from this disaster all we know is that oil and water do not mix and if the earth is 75% water then this poses a really big dilemma to our community and even our own backyards.
It seems like our dependence on things like oil evolved into something very contradicting. Our ambition towards natural resources have put us into a deep hole with this oil spill. Who knows what will happen in the next few months with the result of this massive oil spill? The government is attempting to solve this issue diplomatically. We need real solutions and we need to act. Containing this oil spill from spilling even more will be a huge task but it will avoid endangering our natural environment even more. Also, it is very immature of us to blame a company that fulfills our needs as a society. It seems that we are also responsible of contributing to this natural disaster. We are the consumers so we are equally blamed for this.
as humans i strongly believe that we use technology and abuse it. we use it too much and depend on it all the time for example we use our phones computer microwave television all of these at least every single American own or have at there house. the oil disaster is a good point with all this technology we have why we can not fix it or find away to stop all of the oil in the gulf of Mexico. I think BP is fully responsible for all of this they should of knew from the begin we building the oil in the gulf of Mexico they should of had a back up plan in case of a disaster like this would happen they could of solved it from destroying states and the nature in the wild life. technology today make us Americans really lazy and from getting our work done right in using escalators instead of the stairs. Our phones today are really good and much more advance than the phones back in the days. where we have games gps and songs
I believe that technology is enslaving all of us, making us worst than when we started. Spiritually, enviromentally and economically we are being royally altered in a negative way. It is obvious to see that the consequences of the BP spill are so vast that it will take years and years to repair. Maybe it can't even be repaired. Our modern attitude tends to be that we can replenish or fix anything. For example, if we run out of food we simply go to the grocery store. If we get sick we simply pop a pill and it all seems to be magically solved with no harmful immediate effects. This is taking a toll on our inane connection to nature, where ones spirituality flourishes. Our children are being raised to play video games, and be taught morals through watching television. There is a lack of admiration and inner connectedness to nature. Since our attitudes shape our doings, I must say that there is a need for a paradigm shift. We must back up from our computers and televisions and step outside into the marvelous wonder of nature...a force that is incredibly comforting to anything that one is feeling. Economically, technology has replaced many jobs with a more efficient system. Most of the governments organization is ran through computers, posing a serious problem if these computers one day crash. Our country is dependent on technology. It is a drug that makes our life easier, yet more distracted from each other and the enviroment. Nichole kates
BPs debacle points to the Realistic and Pessimistic approaches. Technology is a viable tool, but it seems that we are not using it with responsibility. I think that we should not have too much faith in technology and we shouldn't rely on it 100%. Specially if we already had incidents like the West Virginia coal mine explosion and others oil spills, we cant keep making the same mistakes. Technology has advanced so fast in the past years, I don't understand why they are not able to stop the leak already. The spill is actually affecting the wildlife, it could produce mass casualties and steep declines of Bluefin tuna, Florida manatees and endangered species like Kemp’s ridley turtles. Technology is supposed to improve our condition in the planet but at this point its making it worse.
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Mr. Triff- I did not know where to post this- but I think it follows the previous post of " where do we come from"
http://www.beyondweird.com/element115.html
I think we can all learn from this!!
Xochilt Bermudez
Although I would love to have a Realistic approach to the disaster of the oil spill and say we are capable of being responsible for our actions. In those actions, we are including back up plans, studies of worst and best scenarios, ecological effects in both efforts, etc, etc....the reality of the situation is that WE CANNOT HAVE A REALISTIC APPROACH...even if the major companies say they do. Truth be told, through these "small" actions of realistic planning are not resulting in fruitful consequences. The man wants to continue finding ways to make this world bigger and better, but what we are blind to see is how all these actions add up. Unfortunately, we are all responsible for the oil spill. If the consumer did not exist, then we would not need ocean drilling. I feel that on another point, the U.S. government knows EXACTLY what they are doing by approving these offshore oil drills. Are we being greedy by not utilizing our resources? Absolutely. This would mean we are not being "realistic". This means we are being selfish. It is so much more difficult for the public to really determine the cause of the explosion and the reason for all of this, since it's underwater! If the drilling had been done on land, it would've been done and over by the end of the first week it occurred. So..my opinion is that we need to decline all ideas of working against Earth's natural way of being and humanity needs to go back to working the way nature intended to. Walk, hunt for your food, and sweat for your labor.
I think that we as a human race are becoming so greedy that it's becoming ridiculous. You would think that we learned our lesson through the Exxon incident a few years back, but it seems like history is just repeating itself. I blame a lot on bp for the oil incident, and how they are handling the situation is terrible. I heard that it will take up to August until they actually stop the leak which I found is totally unacceptable. The damage that will be done to our oceans will be serve and there will be precautions for it. I blame us also because we as nation and even other countries should get together and find a way to put an end to this.
I believe we are becoming enslaved by technological advances. We're not content with what we have, we just want the next "big thing". Last week there was a power outage for a hour in my neighborhood, and people reacted as if the world was ending. I am sadden by the news about our Gulf of Mexico, it hits close to home. The lack of response from some people amazes me, I guess because the oil spill is not in their front yards it doesn't bother them. Like I've said in other post "we share this world", we(B.P.) need to be more responsible.
Travis Thomas
Okay, maybe we are really greedy which our nature as animal to want more is. In fact, we were trade to live that way. Is there a way out of this unacceptable attitude since we are rational animal? Yes. Things are put on earth for our use, then it s up to us to decide the way to share them, or manage them, and petrol, oil is one of them. Like everything else we failed do things properly. As we spoke about the food situation, the health situation, power, and so on, there many things that we cannot help ourselves to be greedy about. For some it would probably to go green the biggest solution. I believe it is one step closer to the solution, but the main thing is to realize that when earth will burn because of us being greedy it will with us in it; therefore together we can start something by acknowledging when we go too far, oh yeah there is a limit, and those little mistakes are signs, so we can slow down at some point.
Okay, maybe we are really greedy which our nature as animal to want more is. In fact, we were trade to live that way. Is there a way out of this unacceptable attitude since we are rational animal? Yes. Things are put on earth for our use, then it s up to us to decide the way to share them, or manage them, and petrol, or oil is one of them. Like everything else we failed do things properly. As we spoke about the food situation, the health situation, power, money, and so on, there are many things that we cannot help ourselves to be greedy about. For some it would probably be to go green the biggest solution. I believe it is one step closer to the solution, but the main thing is to realize that when earth will burn because of us being greedy and illogical, it will with us in it; therefore together we can start something by acknowledging when we go too far, oh yeah! There is a limit, and those little mistakes are signs, so we can slow down at some point. Come up with better ideas than to turning circle in order to keep the first place. It should always be about doing and being better, remember that better could be about being the first, but it is more in the act. We need to start reflecting good, and mean it for a change, not to keep up the front row.
If there is one thing that we can learn from studying the history of the human race is that collectively we’re a lot like each other. What I mean to say is that after analyzing ancient civilizations as well as more modern ones we can see clear similarities in our ways of being. If we were to dissect old cultures like ones on Easter Island, Rome, Mexico, etc. we can see that regardless of time or place, when you get a lot of humans together the end result is almost always greed, corruption, murder, and so on. This spill is yet again a classic example that reminds us that we care much more about convenience and never ending prosperity rather than what’s ethical. When confronted with dilemmas that are almost always a direct result of our own actions (committed unwittingly or maliciously) we always find a scape goat rather than face our own imperfections and faults.
Michael U. Campbell
I think we started out using technology with quite a realistic approach. Technology can be a very viable tool. I also believe that this has changed a bit because of human greed and exploitation of our resources. As with this BP disaster, our reliance on oil has fueled us to drill for more oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Our technology has betrayed us and our coral reefs and other aquatic wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico are now paying the price. I think this would clearly point to a pessimistic approach to technology. Now we have an enormous problem with oil just dumping out into the Gulf and apparently no way to stop it. The best way to prevent this issue is to just not drill into the ocean floor, but because of our need for oil I don’t see this happening. Since we must drill into the ocean floor, there must be safety measures put in place that would not allow this kind of thing to occur or at best have a plan to stop it if and when it did occur.
Nick Griffin
In my opinion, I definitely think that this recent disaster points to a pessimistic approach of technology, because according to what I have understood, BP’s greed was the cause of this disaster. Because of their eagerness to earn more money, they did not created better alternative ways to obtain the oil they wanted; instead, they ignored the risks that their own studies reveal to them. I also have to recognize my blame because as a big gasoline consumer, I’m part of this disaster. I seriously believe that there will be realistic and optimistic technology approaches from my current and future generations, and that one day, we will all come up with great green ideas to avoid these problems in the future. From my part, I have started to save money since the beginning of the year so I can have a good down payment for a hybrid car next year, and if it’s God will, I will be able to afford my new car and that way I will contribute a little to the conservation and restoration of the planet where I live.
Henrry A. Rosales
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I strongly believe we are enslaved by technology. It is ridiculous. Now a days we cannot live without technology and we should be ashamed of ourselves for getting so use to technology. It is not right. we cannot live without air conditioner. What about when air conditioner did not exist? We cannot live without transportation. But it would be nice to take the train once in a while. Not only is it good for your physical health but you save gas and reduce pollution. I think people rely too much on technology. I believe the whole idea before technology was advanced was to improve the planet, use it in a responsible way, for us to be able to control it. But it is clear that technology is manipulating mankind. For wanting to improve the planet, technology is indeed backfiring back or in other words giving us a negative feedback. I do believe it is men that will destroy itself and the earth.
Robin Romero
As if the media doesn't talk about the oil spill enough...here we go. To question technology based on the oil spill is not a valid argument. The oil spill does not undermine our technology, it undermine's our will. The will of cleaning it up in time. BP, in my opinion only, worries more of the political awareness than financial or economical devastation. Having said that, I believe that technology ONLY IMPROVES because of exactly this. Imagine if everything worked correctly and never failed. What would technology be? It wouldn't be anything because if everything was right, there would be no need to improve it and thus never change. Imagine, have an open mind, that we lived in 1909 and we heard of another coal mine disaster. People would question our ability to mine coal as a justifiable means for energy. Yet today mining coal is much much safer, these ordeals happened all the time. Now we are outraged if it happens once a year. Our standards improve but the disasters still happens. That is something we cannot change. Back to the oil spill, yes this is the first time it's happened where the pipe is leaking into the gulf of mexico. But, I can guarantee that engineers will provide a way to prevent this from happening again, as said by Mr. Eyton a 'DECREASE IN RISK'. We are optimistic, look at how technology is today. I would not be able to type this message and let the world see it. We are also pessimistic because of the artificial intelligence that is supposedly inevitable. The realistic thing to do is to control the technology. The model pointing to the oil spill, I believe, is the optimistic. We believe we can drill wherever we want and whenever we want without consequences. I personally am glad of this spill because now more people can see the greener side of things. Unfortunately that is the time when everybody realizes there's a problem! Stop Drilling!
I usually exercise caution around people who claim that technology has enslaved us. However, the BP fiasco has strongly illustrated the ill effects of technology. There is no clear solution to the issue, and no final estimate as to how much damage will be done once the matter is resolved. First, the issue arises because society has come to view oil as a necessity. Thus, we too are to blame for the spill, if only to a lesser extent. Such a spill would not have happened had demand and a market not existed in the first place. As a society, we have provided the conditions for such types of events to occur.
We no longer live in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries, yet humanity has always been fixated with its inexorable march towards technological advancement. But how much must society sacrifice in order to achieve what some promise to be a utopia? In this day and age, we use products whose long-term effects have not yet been determined. Furthermore, we have imposed our own conditions, constraints, and the like on the planet. Clearly, there is great danger when nature is recklessly manipulated to achieve selfish ends.
Technology is a viable tool, if used with responsibility. Technology has its pros and its cons, this issue lay in between. Yes we are to blame part for this disaster because we voted for the oil drilling in the ocean but all we were thinking bout was political. Not the issue that it would affect wild lives and it will end up affecting our lives as well. We decided to risk food sources, sea life for the sake of oil? We as nation and even other countries should get together and find a way to put an end to this. We as a people should’ve to think bout the consequences of our action…what may seem good at the moment may be harmful down the line. In order to avoid this issue in the future the same time we invent a new technology we should have more then one back up plan in case something goes wrong.
Diana Laguerre
I would say realistic with a bit of pessimistic.Realistic approach is to improve our lives, but this time, unexpected disaster happened which seems nothing to do with improvment of our lives. Actually the disaster will mess up everything we have built, and we, human have to pay for it. "pay" means not only money, it includes paying for our time to spend cleaning the ocean, and paying for our ignorance that behind our daily lives, somebody must provide energy, somebody ship the energy sourse, and somebody must convet it for us to use.
The reason I chose bit of pessimistic is that what happened seems as if the warning from the earth to me. The warning from the earth means, our arrogance and selfishness are becoming overwhelmed to the earth, so we human need to stop and think what we are doing at some points. This disaster is the effect of what we do in every day life, such as driving to somewhere where you can just walk, just a few blocks away from your house, or unnessesary high volume while you are watching TV or listening music. These actions consume so much carbon dioxside, and we know that we are producing more CO2 everyday.
Therefore, now it's time to concern about our natural sourses, environment and prevention to less pollute our earth.
Am I responsible for BP’s debacle? I believe there are two ways you could discern this. First view is that the consumer should be held responsible, everyone is a consumer, therefore I am responsible. The other view is that the people close to the situation and have control over what is decided on the topic is responsible, I am not close to the situation and have no control over what is decided, therefore I should not be held responsible. I agree with both point of views but moreover with the latter, because I believe we are all a by-product of how society shapes us. It’s practically impossible not to be consumer.
As for the belief that we are placing excessive faith on technology, that’s completely unjust. I feel like any other indoctrination, we believe what we have justified proof for. Why is it that many children believe in Santa Clause? It’s not because their ignorant, it’s because they get justified evidence every Christmas in the form of presents. We have countless amount of proof that technology is generally dependable. Nothing that is man made can be absolutely perfect, because we are not perfect. However, I believe blaming technology is undeserved. David Eyton who is a formal vise president for BP’s deep water developments in the gulf of Mexico said that “We find ourselves designing floating systems for 10,000 ft of water depth before the lessons of working in 6,000 ft have been fully identified”. This is the issue they are so concerned with the prospect of advancing that they are rushing past the point of contemporary technology. I believe it’s labeled as BP’s debacle purposely, if they handled everything more logically and less money savvy, this disaster may have been prevented. Living life on contingencies as a result of impatience, will only lead to undesirable outcomes ...
I definatly think we have something to do with what happened in the oil spills. We humans have become so greedy with all our resources and have forgotten about the harm we cause the environment. When they were drilling on land they probably have a back up plan in case something were to occur or malfunction. When they decided to drill in the deep ocean and not take down precautions in case of worst case scenarios, they were wrong and and oblivious. Now that it has happened everyone is looking around not sure how to solve it. I think it's pretty ridiculous. The rest of the world gets to watch barrels of oil spill into our beautiful ocean. This truelly is sn environmentel disaster. Now we solely count on technology to fix our problem and sometimes it just doesnt. I would hope that we could all have a realistic approach to technology and our world. There should always be a back up plan in case situations like this occur and if there is no solution then we shouldn't be doing it anyways and we shouldn't have been drilling at the bottom of the sea.
Virginia Walker
With technology i believe that it can be viewed in both a optimistic and realistic approach. If anything is to go wrong due to a flaw within technology then we have only ourselves to blame because we are the ones who created it to begin with. Everyday we become more advance with the new discoveries within technology, certain things can be done simpler and quicker then how they were before. But we abuse the power of technology more then what we should. We have only ourselves to blame for such mishap. As for the BP incident, i agree with what you said during the lecture on Tuesday- "Yes it is BP's fault but it is also ours" We need to accept that the incident is also our fault and instead of waiting for BP to do something or help out, we need to take action and do whatever we can to stop the oil spill from causing any more damage. We can't be depending on BP to make things right, its too late for that.
I believe all three approaches led us to this Environmental Disaster. We as humans are not perfect what makes them think that machines that are built by humans to be perfect? Accidents happen even with the advanced technology even if BP used all the tools and safety mechanisms avialable. They were unprepared and unable to respond to this unexpected disaster. We are all respnsible for the oil spill society demands oil companies supply. But, I hope out off all this unimaginable human and mechanical error a lesson has been learned that puts a stop to off shore oil drilling. The consequences as we are seeing are devastating, we are so blind by what we need to use that we never imagined what can happen to our environment we are ruining our environment. The defenseless animals can not speak but we need to stand up and speak for them and not allow something like this to happen again. We need to find other resources. At this point I think they need to stop finger pointing, I think other countries should be welcomed in participating in coming up with plans to stop the oil spill. More minds put together work better especially with those countries who may have engineers whom have encountered similar problems. When the problem is fixed then point fingers.
its really difficult to go back to the way things were and not very likely, once we have found a smarter more convenient way of doing things there is probably no chance of going back. I think that as far as technology realistically when things go bad people love to say how bad technology is, but they dont realize how important the advancement of technology is, for example, as far as medicine, technology saves lives every day and no one seems to have anything to say about that, but as soon as something goes wrong and the thing is for technology to advance things NEED to go wrong and they will people want to immediately point fingers and want to go back to when there was no technology. For the most part technology is a sign of improvement, I think as far as the oil spill what needs to happen is they need to find a solution, fix it and moving forward find ways of prevention. That's really all we can do now.... Instead of wasting energy on blaming someone all the time how about we resolve the matter at hand in the most effective efficient way possible? and to be REALISTIC no one is going to go back to hunting???? like that just doesnt make sense... if you can buy something why would u hunt for it? and not only that before everything was forest and jungle, in miami its all buildings??? what r u gonna hunt a cat and eat it? like come on, be honest, theres no need to caveman over here.
Maybe the government needs stricter laws for these oil companies, and yes it our fault because we are the demand but NONE of us really know what procedures are done in order for us to get oil and things like that... MAYBE if we were aware then it would be different but its not like we have spies working for BP that we could know of underwater pipes and things like that, so yes its our responsibility but it has to be someones responsibility to educate us on these things....
Virginia Torres
To be over powered by technology would be pretty fast. I think humans should be abel to conquer the most. Of course, certain equipment help us to do things easier. However, it's not like we've always had technology. Humans depend on technology and they hope for an increase it's brilliance. Moreover, the oil spill might have been some one's fault, or not. But in my opinion, if something is bound to happen, then it will. Just as we make mistakes, so can technology. Not everything you obtain is golden. Becoming enslaved by technology would be out of the league. It would signify laziness and ability to work and do less since you'd have assistance from "higher intelligence". Truth is, we can not always depend on other appliances. At the end, we have our mind which has the power to do so much more than we know. If used responsibly, then you can say each power is equal and limited to certain standards and occasions.
The recent disaster points directly to the realistic view of technology because we use technology to better our living conditions however we never look at the negative effects that can happen to us. For example, cell phones grew to become the most popular device that one cannot live without. One does not know that cell phone batteries carry radioactive substances that can cause leisure or tumors to the brain. However, we never look at the negative effects of cell phones, we just make more new ones that can harm us later on in life. Just like the BP problem we never looked at what will happen if a pipe busts under the water, we just continued to dig to oil wells. Many people are blaming BP officials or Gulf Coast officials but who is really to blame? Ourselves!!!! Each year we are able to create new iPhones or new cars with 12 cylinders (BMW 760Li), why can’t we create solar cars or more hybrid cars that will use less gasoline/oil. But, we don’t care, one rather sit in a 62s Maybach to show their status rather than to save and preserve nature. When will we learn that fossil fuels won’t last forever? We need to change now! Since this disaster has happened. I planned to switch my entire bills to paperless and get them sent to my email. (That’s a Start) As a whole, we need to create cars that run on solar energy and more HYBIRD CARS AND TRUCKS!! This is something the President of the United States needs to address, so United States can be more efficient!
Oscar Toussaint
I personally think we are destroying our environment. As human we have the tendency to think we can do everything we want with our environment just because we have “Certain power over other species”. How wrong we are, with this attitude we are only destroying our world, our home. Looked to what we just caused, with the BP’s debacle. A lot of people must think they have nothing to do with this but this affect us and we are the ones that caused this huge damage to the environment. What I would say is that this disaster has been caused by the two methods of technology pessimistic and realistic. I strongly believe that if we don’t earn how to use technology, it would lead us to a worse disaster than the one that happened couple of weeks ago. I also believe that if we learn how to live with it would be very helpful to the growth of human species. What we should do as humans is not to blame other for our mistakes, learn from them and learn how to take responsibility of our acts, and learn not to depend on technology that much.
I am so ashamed to see how the whole world is not coming together to help stop the leaking since BP is not able to stop it. I believe they are expecting to stop it around August. Can you imagine how much damage that will leave in the ocean? What about the living things in that ocean, how will it affect them? The answer is very! And the ocean and living things in it being affected is not JUST BP’s problem, it’s the whole worlds. Another thing is that, men are so busy trying to “upgrade” the world with technology, they forget or could care less about the natural things in it. Of course we’re to blame overall because at the end of the day, only human can make decisions for the world.
I agree with most people that drilling effects our environment in so many levels. But we sincerely take things for granted and accept this disaster to happen. The oil spill that occurred in the gulf of Mexico was caused by a malfunction of the machine and now their are days and days of oil spill all over the ocean. Sometimes the things we are aware of keeps us in a selfish way in which we don't take consideration of the future. Technology is one big factor in our life today and even when they are programed to help and decrease problems they can leave a huge destruction in one single error. You see, even technology, or machines make mistakes, and that simple error created a massive political destruction for the environment. So I believe that our solution can be in not relying on technology so much, but to keep in mind for our future and consider every output so we can maintain and create more enhance and efficient environment
There are an infinite amount of lessons to be learned regarding the oil spill and the spiral of events it's caused, will cause, and the monstrous disaster it will leave behind.
Yes, BP is responsible for this particular oil spill- but who gave them the permission? Where do the massive amounts of funds come from for a project of this magnitude?
It is ignorant, egotistical, and greedy to think that man is capable of creating the successful technology, or tools, to drill so deep into the earth, expect for everything to go smoothly, or even to think they could possibly have a solution if something were to go wrong- big oops! A quote from the The New York Times article said that they "did somewhat underestimate the full nature of challenges we were taking on in the deep waters of the Gulf." That statement is completely irrational and unacceptable- how is it possible to understand or even predict challenges that could arise in waters of that depth? This, to me, seems like yet another way that money and greed can distort one, or many people's view of reality.
The title of the article "Our Fix-It Faith and The Oil Spill", is appropriate and addresses another concern- our "fix-it faith" needs to be addressed. We as a country… as a world… as a whole need to spend more time being proactive. Although some things can't be controlled, there are other things that can be done to prevent such accidents; like the oil spill for example- stop drilling and spend the time and money on seeking an alternative source.
To address the question at hand, I feel that I am a realist when it comes to technology- it can most definitely be useful but there should be some responsibility involved. For example; I agree that having a cell phone or using map quest is useful... but sometimes I do worry that I have forgotten how to navigate around and find addresses because of my dependency on the technology. Now I can either try, every once in a while, to get somewhere on my own and test my street knowledge (responsible) OR I can completely depend on my GPS and the day it fails me (let's say-GPS/phone runs out of battery) be completely lost without an ounce of knowledge of how to get around (not responsible). This is obviously a very small scale example of our dependency and faith in technology.
Side Note: In reference to the constant media coverage and conversations regarding the oil spill... KEEP IT FLOWING (no pun intended)! We have put oil and money first and our environment, second. The awareness and attention to this disaster is vital for the future of our country and any positive changes that may follow!
HMMM!!! Who is responsibe for this? It is very unfortunate that we still can't figure out a way to fix that oil spill. Not to say that the disaster is setting us back, but it is something that we need to quicly find a solution for. We need to do so as quickly as possible because we might think that it doesn't affect us now but, in the future it will. Remember, we are getting oil from somebody, its not like we have it in abundance. As far as technology, i'm optimistic. Techonology is now becoming something that we used on a daily basis, it facilitates almost everything that we do. The only time technology can be not so goog is when we don't use it wisely.
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We as Americans are taking too much risk on technology and abusing the use of it. In today’s society, we do put too much faith in technology. It’s reaching to the point where it’s betraying us as well. I believe it will only continue on getting worse if we don’t put an end to the damages it could cause later on in the future. To avoid future problems in this particular area, we need to rely less on technologies or have some sort of discretion on the consistent use of technology. Technology in the beginning was to help and improve our country and make things a lot easier for us; instead we have taken advantage of technology doing everything for us. Now for the oil spill issue, I think BP is the one that’s responsible of the disaster that’s happening in the Gulf of Mexico. I find that they should’ve made sure that what’s going on now, been prevented. It’s sad that so many animals underwater have to suffer and die. Many businesses that deals with selling fishes, are forced to stop working because of the present conditions. Also, many beaches are being destroyed and this also affects tourism. With this oil spill it is really affecting everyone and will be awhile for everything to go back to normal.
honestly,when it comes to the oil spill with BP,I really dont see us as being responsible for that.I could take the normal route and agree that we are responsible like every other person who posted on this comment but how can i call myself a philosopher if i just agreed with everyone's opinions and not try to challenge them.As Americans we brag and boast on how our nation has evoled from the past and how technology has changed our lives for better.Even if one chooses to deny this fact,my response to them would be "Go live under a bridge".The reason why I would tell them that is because now everything we do envolves technology.Such as preserving food in a fridge,cell phones,cars,showering in hot water,recieving medical treatment,watches,etc......I could go on but i must reach my point.When we as human beings purchase a product,we know that eventually that product will expire over time but we still choose to buy it because it brings comfort and it makes our lives easier.Even as a kid growing up I learned that nothing last forever,including our lives.This is why certain warranty and insurance was made.The point that am trying to make is that nothing is 100 percent guaranteed,even with technology things malfunctions.So,in BP's case its understandable to say that certains things happen we have no control over.I look at it like this,when things are going good and people can benefit from it,they love it.As soon as there is a problem everyone wasnts to point fingers and argue instead of working together to fix the problem.I was born into a world with cars so thats all I know.If it was up to me I would walk to school or ride a bike if it wasnt 20 miles away.So to take responsibility for the oil spill because i buy gas BP?I cant.If a person choose to take that responsibility then they should raise their kids without cars,shoes,ligth and every other thing that oil helps create.I dont think we would result to pessimistic because when its comes to technology we learn from our mistakes,this is what made USA a developed country.I agree more with optimistic and realistic because in hospitals we depend on techology which is good and benefitial just as long as we continue to use technology with responsibilty.
Jason strachan
i think we as the human race have fallen into the technology twilight zone. we have become the victims of technology not only in light of the oil spill but as quickly as technology gets more and more intergrated with the human race we are slowly giving up our power to control machines. now a days machines have the ability to outsmart. we cannot reach a common conclusion because we do not understand it to begin with. we dont know why the pipe bursted out or why animals are dying from this disaster all we know is that oil and water do not mix and if the earth is 75% water then this poses a really big dilemma to our community and even our own backyards.
Bianca Benhaim
It seems like our dependence on things like oil evolved into something very contradicting. Our ambition towards natural resources have put us into a deep hole with this oil spill. Who knows what will happen in the next few months with the result of this massive oil spill? The government is attempting to solve this issue diplomatically. We need real solutions and we need to act. Containing this oil spill from spilling even more will be a huge task but it will avoid endangering our natural environment even more. Also, it is very immature of us to blame a company that fulfills our needs as a society. It seems that we are also responsible of contributing to this natural disaster. We are the consumers so we are equally blamed for this.
as humans i strongly believe that we use technology and abuse it. we use it too much and depend on it all the time for example we use our phones computer microwave television all of these at least every single American own or have at there house. the oil disaster is a good point with all this technology we have why we can not fix it or find away to stop all of the oil in the gulf of Mexico. I think BP is fully responsible for all of this they should of knew from the begin we building the oil in the gulf of Mexico they should of had a back up plan in case of a disaster like this would happen they could of solved it from destroying states and the nature in the wild life. technology today make us Americans really lazy and from getting our work done right in using escalators instead of the stairs. Our phones today are really good and much more advance than the phones back in the days. where we have games gps and songs
I believe that technology is enslaving all of us, making us worst than when we started. Spiritually, enviromentally and economically we are being royally altered in a negative way. It is obvious to see that the consequences of the BP spill are so vast that it will take years and years to repair. Maybe it can't even be repaired. Our modern attitude tends to be that we can replenish or fix anything. For example, if we run out of food we simply go to the grocery store. If we get sick we simply pop a pill and it all seems to be magically solved with no harmful immediate effects. This is taking a toll on our inane connection to nature, where ones spirituality flourishes. Our children are being raised to play video games, and be taught morals through watching television. There is a lack of admiration and inner connectedness to nature. Since our attitudes shape our doings, I must say that there is a need for a paradigm shift. We must back up from our computers and televisions and step outside into the marvelous wonder of nature...a force that is incredibly comforting to anything that one is feeling. Economically, technology has replaced many jobs with a more efficient system. Most of the governments organization is ran through computers, posing a serious problem if these computers one day crash. Our country is dependent on technology. It is a drug that makes our life easier, yet more distracted from each other and the enviroment.
Nichole kates
BPs debacle points to the Realistic and Pessimistic approaches. Technology is a viable tool, but it seems that we are not using it with responsibility. I think that we should not have too much faith in technology and we shouldn't rely on it 100%. Specially if we already had incidents like the West Virginia coal mine explosion and others oil spills, we cant keep making the same mistakes. Technology has advanced so fast in the past years, I don't understand why they are not able to stop the leak already. The spill is actually affecting the wildlife, it could produce mass casualties and steep declines of Bluefin tuna, Florida manatees and endangered species like Kemp’s ridley turtles. Technology is supposed to improve our condition in the planet but at this point its making it worse.
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