Oil Spill in the Gulf: A Sign America must Start Deeply Considering Alternative Fuel Sources

So, I have been finding difficulty of something to write about lately. Writer's Block does happen. It happens to all writers. I thought I would talk about a current event. Every American by now knows about the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico down by the Louisiana coast. This incident could be one of the biggest ecological disasters in U.S. history if not world history. Who is to blame for this mess? Is is BP? How about President Obama and the federal government? This is the problem with America. We should not be trying to point any fingers at anybody. Blaming someone for the problem is not going to fix anything. It is just going to cause more problems. Oil continues to leak into the Gulf at an enormous rate of 2.52 million gallons a day. The oil has already reached shore. Whales and other sea creatures have been affected as well as many birds and land animals. The oil is very hard to get off the animals. What should people use to try to remove this substance from animals without hurting them? Many have been using Dawn dish washing detergent to treat the many birds and other animals. Surprisingly, it seems to be working, but is it hurting the animals? There are some critics of Dawn saying that Dawn is a petroleum-based soap, and people are just using oil to get rid of oil. If the oil spill does not get cleaned up, we are going to have to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Black Sea. People should remember that oil is a natural substance. So, the damage is far less severe than what most people think it is. No one is at all happy with these recent, unfortunate series of events. Americans need to forgive and forget. Americans must come together as one nation to fix this problem, so the United States can move forward and provide a better, cleaner future for the children. This oil spill happened for a reason. The leak is a sign that America needs to seriously start considering alternative sources of fuel.