Answer the following questions. For full marks make sure to engage fully with the open ended questions.

Read the Deepwater Horizon primer reading on Sakai. Then, watch the Documentary “Profit, Pollution and Deception” about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion. Answer the following questions. For full marks make sure to engage fully with the open ended questions.

1. Which company owned the Deepwater Horizon oil platform? ______________________

2. Which company operated it? ________________________

3. John Hoffmeister was the former boss of which oil company _________________

4. BP estimated that _______ million barrels of oil leaked into the gulf as a result of the spill

5.People who violate the safety zone around the booms are liable for a fine of $___________

6.Describe the chemicals used to treat the oil spill, and some of the limitations of using them.

7. Do you think it is acceptable to only remove pollutants visible to the naked eye? Why?

8. The former chairman of BP, who was forced to resign after the disaster, is Tony ________. Do you think thid disaster would have been reacted to differently in any other way if the oil company and its boss were American, rather than foreign (British)? Why?

9. The 33 deep water rigs in the Gulf of Mexico are subsided by the American taxpayer to the amount of $_____________. Does this seem like a good use of public funds? Give reasons for your answer.

10. Give some examples of how The Gulf Coast has recovered from the effects of the Deepwater Horizon leak, and some of how it hasn’t.

11. The former chairman of a major oil company compares the risks of wind power with that of drilling in the deep sea for oil. Do you think this is a fair comparison between two equally risky activities?

12. Do you think the benefits of deep sea oil exploration outweigh the environmental and social risks? Give some reasons for your answer.