"A Hole in the World" by Naomi Klein

The article “A Hole in the World” by Naomi Klein addresses the Gulf of Mexico crisis known as Deepwater Horizon. Deepwater Horizon is an oil spill that is spreading across the Gulf of Mexico due to an outrageously deep drilling by BP. Klein describes this crisis to be about “corruption, deregulation, and the addiction to fossil fuels” (Klein, 15). Because the human population has developed an addiction to the energy source of oil, we as humans are destroying the environment and livelihoods. The fish in the environment are being poisoned and people close to the shorelines are intimately coming in contact with dangerous chemicals. However, it is revealed in the article that BP declared before the spill occurred that there was “little risk” of anything of this matter occurring. They are basically admitting that they were unprepared for any reactions “The Mother,” or Earth, would have to the drilling.

In regards to the facts presented in the article, the most shocking to me was the politician's involvement. The president, weeks before Deepwater Horizon occurred, “announced he would open up previously protected parts of the country to offshore drilling” (Klein, 18). People can personally conclude that President Obama gave permission to BP to drill. He is part of the reason Deepwater Horizon occurred. Furthermore, people such as Senator Mitch McConnell, Sarah Palin, and conservative leader Newt Gingrich also supported the idea of drilling on home bases to search for oil. This is an act that the politician world has been pushing for years. However, now that the damage is done, people like John Curry assume that “nature has a way of renewing itself” (Klein, 18). Nature can’t repair damage done by human-kind. The oil-spill is something that the people must repair.