35 years ago (March 1989) the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine Prince Williams Sound.
Here are several things we should have learned from that:
- Oil is really dirty and hard, if not impossible to clean to up.
- Accidents happen, and we shouldn’t transport or extract oil where an accident will cause irreparable damage
- Arctic temperatures, weather and wildlife make it a risky place to drill and transport oil
- Oil companies tend to put profits above environment and health considerations