Not too long ago, there was an oil spill off the eastern coast of Singapore. The oil spill was a result of a collision between two ships. The collision occurred at around 6.10 pm and spilled approximately 2000 tonnes of crude oil into sea.
Despite the advancement of technology, we are still extremely reliant on crude oil as a source of energy. Thus, crude oil transportation is very common and this increases the number of oil spills around the world too. For example, there has been a recent oil spill also along the gulf of Mexico. However, there are possible solutions to these oil spills.
Firstly, oil tankers with double hulls are available in the markets. This oil tankers have two hulls and thus even if the oil tanker comes into a collision, the second hull would prevent the oil from spilling out into the sea. However, these tankers are much more costly. Therefore some of the tankers used by some companies are still single hulled.
Oil spills can be prevented if people are careful enough. When an oil spill happens, immediate action is required to contain and clean up the oil spill. If the oil spill is not cleaned up as soon as possible, it would lead to environmental problems. Oil spills would lead to the death of many marine animals or even marine birds. For example, we can see this in the Valdez Exxon oil spill. It is considered to be the most serious oil spill in history. It had caused the death of approximately 250,000 sea birds and also billions of salmon and herring eggs. Although this oil spill had happened 21 years ago, the effects of the oil spill is still felt today.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Rainbow Death Task 2
Point of view:
Hubert Wilson writes this poem from the point of view of a by-stander. He writes the poem in a very detached manner. Hubert Wilson does not tell the poem through the point of view of an American soldier. We can see this from where he says “America did not foresee” he doesn’t use the word “We” but rather “America” which shows a slight detachment.
Situation and setting:
This is situated during the Vietnam war from 1955 to 1975. In this poem, we can evidently see the emotion anger. From strong sentences like “Nefariously America led astray -/Generations untold WILL pay -/Execrable effects of agent orange spray!” , we are able to understand that the writer of this poem does not like the idea of America using such weapons to attempt to end the war. He feels that it is unfair for the innocent to bear the consequences of the war even when they had not started it.
Language and diction:
Potpourri refers to dried and fragrant plant materials mixed together to produce a natural scent. However, in the poem, the potpourri is no longer just a tool to produce fragrance in the house. Instead, potpourri was used as a weapon to kill.
The word toll used in the poem to show how the “innocent and unborn” would suffer and bear the consequences of the war. He tries to show how unfair it is for these children.
Personal response:
War would definitely bring about many harms. We should not start a war impulsively. Instead, we should think about the implications the war would bring to the other generations.
Hubert Wilson writes this poem from the point of view of a by-stander. He writes the poem in a very detached manner. Hubert Wilson does not tell the poem through the point of view of an American soldier. We can see this from where he says “America did not foresee” he doesn’t use the word “We” but rather “America” which shows a slight detachment.
Situation and setting:
This is situated during the Vietnam war from 1955 to 1975. In this poem, we can evidently see the emotion anger. From strong sentences like “Nefariously America led astray -/Generations untold WILL pay -/Execrable effects of agent orange spray!” , we are able to understand that the writer of this poem does not like the idea of America using such weapons to attempt to end the war. He feels that it is unfair for the innocent to bear the consequences of the war even when they had not started it.
Language and diction:
Potpourri refers to dried and fragrant plant materials mixed together to produce a natural scent. However, in the poem, the potpourri is no longer just a tool to produce fragrance in the house. Instead, potpourri was used as a weapon to kill.
The word toll used in the poem to show how the “innocent and unborn” would suffer and bear the consequences of the war. He tries to show how unfair it is for these children.
Personal response:
War would definitely bring about many harms. We should not start a war impulsively. Instead, we should think about the implications the war would bring to the other generations.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Rainbow Death
Rainbow Death
America did not foresee
Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri!
Expecting others to pay a high price.
Now thinking twice?
Toll on the innocent and unborn.
Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn.
Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead.
All the deceit continues to spread.
Nefariously America led astray -
Generations untold WILL pay -
Execrable effects of agent orange spray!
Hubert Wilson
This poem is by Hubert Wilson. Huber Wilson was a soldier who was involved in the Vietnamese war. Hubert Wilson served in the USAF security service He was sent to a Agent Orange hotspot during the Vietnamese war. As agent orange was used a lot in those areas, the environment was contaminated and it affected him. His health problems progressively got worse. At first it was only headaches and limb pains, then his central nervous system deteriorated and he started to experience spasms, severe headaches and worse limb pains. However, nobody could detect any specific medical conditions. Thus, he was not able to receive any medical help or assistance from any doctor.
The rainbow death which Hubert Wilson mentions in his poem refers to the Agent orange. Agent orange was a chemical substance used during the Vietnamese war against Vietnam. Agent orange was a herbicide and defoliant- contaminated with TCDD or Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin). Approximately 4.8million Vietnamese were affected by Agent Orange and which resulted in about 400,000 deaths among the Vietnamese people and many more babies deformed at birth.
This poem “Rainbow Death” is basically to bring up the issue on the consequences of war. He tries to show that even after war has ended, the effects of these wars would still stay. Hubert Wilson also tries to show us the horror of modern warfare. As technology continues to improve, our weapons of war becomes more powerful and more destructive.
Resources:
http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/2010warpoetry.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
America did not foresee
Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri!
Expecting others to pay a high price.
Now thinking twice?
Toll on the innocent and unborn.
Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn.
Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead.
All the deceit continues to spread.
Nefariously America led astray -
Generations untold WILL pay -
Execrable effects of agent orange spray!
Hubert Wilson
This poem is by Hubert Wilson. Huber Wilson was a soldier who was involved in the Vietnamese war. Hubert Wilson served in the USAF security service He was sent to a Agent Orange hotspot during the Vietnamese war. As agent orange was used a lot in those areas, the environment was contaminated and it affected him. His health problems progressively got worse. At first it was only headaches and limb pains, then his central nervous system deteriorated and he started to experience spasms, severe headaches and worse limb pains. However, nobody could detect any specific medical conditions. Thus, he was not able to receive any medical help or assistance from any doctor.
The rainbow death which Hubert Wilson mentions in his poem refers to the Agent orange. Agent orange was a chemical substance used during the Vietnamese war against Vietnam. Agent orange was a herbicide and defoliant- contaminated with TCDD or Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin). Approximately 4.8million Vietnamese were affected by Agent Orange and which resulted in about 400,000 deaths among the Vietnamese people and many more babies deformed at birth.
This poem “Rainbow Death” is basically to bring up the issue on the consequences of war. He tries to show that even after war has ended, the effects of these wars would still stay. Hubert Wilson also tries to show us the horror of modern warfare. As technology continues to improve, our weapons of war becomes more powerful and more destructive.
Resources:
http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/2010warpoetry.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
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