Crude oil spill to the U.S. economy, causing substantial ecological impact.

BP <P> the successful implementation of "cap" law, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil significantly reduced the leakage rate of crude oil wells, but political analysts and economists said, "cap law," successful implementation of the only "remedy" in .began, the situation in the event of material will continue to worsen before it gets better. .And the impact of oil spills is also gradually becoming apparent. .</ P> <P> BP 7, known as "cap method" has been very clear results, covering the oil wells on the dome device is to collect 1.1 million barrels of oil per day. .However, the United States who questioned this approach because the oil wells were blocked before the day, U.S. officials estimated that the oil is still pouring from the Gulf of Mexico 1.2 million barrels to 1.9 million barrels of oil, as the number of oil per day to .is collected it is difficult to measure. .If the estimate is accurate, the amount of oil so far has been the equivalent of 3,000 barrels of oil, is known as the "century of ecological catastrophe" of 1989, "Valdez" oil tanker spill three times the amount. .U.S. Coast Guard commander, commander of the oil spill disaster, said Thad Allen, even if the leak was plugged wells, clean up the sea of crude oil also requires 4 to 6 weeks, and the ecological environment along the Gulf Coast recovery will take years. .Some experts pessimistically believe that a thorough cleaning up the oil may take 5 years, the oil spill caused damage to the environment may last for decades. .</ P> <P> now, no one can accurately predict the losses and the impact of the spill, with "very deep" to describe also not an exaggeration. .In economic terms, the Gulf of Mexico region and the entire U.S. economy will be affected. .</ P> <P> to the Gulf of Mexico, oil, fisheries, tourism and transport are the four major industries in the region. .First is the oil industry, according to Texas A & M University report published in 2007, which created in each of several major industries around 234 billion U.S. dollars of economic benefits, including the oil industry revenues $ 124,000,000,000 per year, accounting for the total economy the Gulf of Mexico .more than half. .Oil spill on the local economy, and even Obama's fight against economic policy is the most direct offshore oil drilling moratorium. .Obama announced the end of May start against the next 6 months the new deep water oil drilling project, and decided to discontinue the 33 Gulf of Mexico to drilling projects. .Some senators recently sent a letter to Obama, said that if the ban continued until the end of June, the United States the loss of shallow-water oil reached 135 million. .Half-year ban on exploitation of the Gulf of Mexico waters will result in any significant loss of oil is still unknown. .Analysts believe that the oil spill is likely to postpone indefinitely the administration of offshore oil and gas exploration program. .The U.S. government is particularly concerned that, in view of the Gulf Coast oil tremendous impact on the economy is slowly recovering U.S. economy may even lead to secondary suffered another hit bottom. .Some investment company estimates that the deficit will thus increase the government tens of billions of billions of dollars first. .</ P> <P> oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico fisheries, tourism and other losses are also very serious. .Date to June 2, fishing the Gulf of Mexico exclusive economic zone waters of the United States of 22.8 million square kilometers, accounting for 37% of the area in the region, and May 18 when compared doubled. .Oil spill not only directly against the Gulf Coast with an annual output value of 1.8 billion U.S. dollars in fisheries, its impact will extend to other parts of the United States, because the U.S. Gulf of Mexico provides 15% of seafood consumption. .As great a loss of tourism. .Continuously in the media to report on the oil spill, after the golden season of tourism in the region declined orders a lot of tourists to Mississippi, for example, the state said the Gulf of Mexico Tourism Board, cancel the travel orders accounted for half of the total order .. .In this regard, the Gulf Coast state governors have criticized the media is "excessive speculation." .</ P> <P> Gulf of Mexico oil spill on the terrestrial and marine ecosystems of the most far-reaching. .Louisiana wetlands of the total U.S. 40% of wetlands, birds and fish is a dozens of homes, the moment of the early summer is the time for the growth of a variety of biological reproduction, disclosure of the impact of oil on breeding birds in very large .. .The "Time" magazine reported that crude oil along the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico rivers and inland waterways hundreds of miles invasive marsh and wetlands at some regional water quality as "chocolate syrup" as thick, while the wetlands are polluted like a sponge soaked .Like the oil, clean up difficult. .Florida-based international bird rescue research center is currently employed by British Petroleum to clean up the "oil" in the Pelican. .The center is expected to be contaminated rapid increase in the number of birds, some birds and fish have died. .On the ocean, the Gulf of Mexico was a radius of thousands of square kilometers of ocean pollution. .Coastal state universities and research institutions have sent a survey team, the scientists pointed out that some groups can not clean up oil pollution has been formed. .BP to refute this, but there is clear evidence that American scholars to support this finding, and that group of underwater marine life and oil potential serious impact on the food chain. .In addition, the leakage of crude oil on coastal clean-up the health of residents and has brought adverse effects. .</ P> <P> for this disaster, the British "Economist" magazine with "politicians of the region are from the Pelican to be affected" to describe the impact of the extensive oil slick. .Obama No. 8 in the morning television talk about the spill when the stern. .He pointed out that the oil spill will affect the U.S. economy in real terms, and this effect will continue. .U.S. experts estimate that if, as British Petroleum said until the end of August to the end to contain oil spills, the final award amounts may be as high as 18.6 to 69.2 billion U.S. dollars. .Densely populated coast of the Gulf of Mexico, BP has been filed on the plaintiffs have 3 million people, and this number is expected to keep rising. .</ P>.