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Subscribe to RSSAs bad as the oil gusher is in the Gulf of Mexico, a look at Nigeria shows how it could be worse.
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A man walks near the spilled crude oil on the shores and in the waters of the Niger Delta swamps of Bodo, a village in the famous Nigerian oil-producing Ogoniland, which hosts the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria's Rivers State on June 24, 2010. The region has in recent years experienced an average 300 spills a year, roughly one spill a day, from terminals, pipes and platforms, according to government officials and experts. Sabotage of oil facilities by armed rebels fighting for a fairer share of oil wealth for locals, and theft of crude (popularly known as oil bunkering) in recent years saw spills spiking to new levels.
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Oh, Jesus! We are killing our world.
John.....If they don't cap off the oil gusher in the Gulf soon...It will be worse!
Don't these Nigerian thugs masquerading as rebels know their poisoning their own families?
Fair enough earl1, but i don't think even the "thugs" have control over what Shell (an American company) is doing to their country. What makes the Gulf of Mexico spill potentially worse than this? Nothing! Only the opinions of Americans who are happy to @!$%# up the rest of the world.