Futurewatch

And so it happen, at the start of the 21st century, that the world governments declared that oil drilling and the uses of petroleum based products were too dangerous to the world's ecology. A key turning point to this decision came as a large undersea oil drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico caused one of the largest ecological disasters in the modern era. Millions of gallons of oil flowed for weeks into the Gulf due to a oil platform fire. Proper security measures were not followed with this platform and the company, British Petroleum, was unable to stop the flow from the ocean floor.

For weeks the U.S. government fought to stop this flow as nearby coastlines were ravaged by oil slicks. Finally with the use of undersea technology and high-tech explosives they were able to cause the hole to collapse and stop, unfortunately not before the ecological damage took it's toll.

Ironically the United States had only just before this incident opened up more offshore areas for drilling. The backlash from the event cause world governments to impose harsh restrictions on oil companies, something that had not been done for decades. With this blow, it started the largest switch to renewable energy the world had seen.

Ever since we have depended on world energy sources that would not negatively impact the planet. Our past is riddled with instances such as these and unfortunately the human race had to learn the hard way on how to get along with the world.