This is exactly why we can’t allow oil companies to hijack land and pull crude oil from it. In what continues to be a horror story, an oil company spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil off the coast of Thailand’s beautiful pristine beaches. While the company, which is a subsidiary of the Thai government, has apologized, hundreds of Thai volunteers have mobilized to try to clean up the mess. While the government estimated it would only take three days to clean the oil up, the wind has made it harder to contain. All tourists have been evacuated from the affected areas, and for a country like Thailand whose people subsist on tourism, this is bad news. Do yourself a favor and take a look at these pictures. This is exactly what happened on the Gulf Coast, and with the Keystone Pipeline in the works, this could easily happen again to us. Find the pictures in the gallery.
