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Test: GMAT Verbal
In an attempt to protect the environment and stop oil companies from sinking a decommissioned North Sea oil platform to the bottom of the ocean, environmental groups ringed the platform with protest boats and demanded that it be towed to land, where it could be dismantled above water. Environmentalists argued that sinking the oil platform would cause irreparable damage to the deep sea ecosystem and release into the ocean over 53 tons of oil residue and heavy metals.
| 1. | Which of the following, if true, indicates the plan to tow the oil platform to land is ill-suited to the environmentalist group’s goals? |
The sinking of the platform is fully in line with internationally approved guidelines for the disposal of off shore installations at sea.
The release of 53 tons of toxic material into the ocean is very little compared to the volume of very highly toxic materials released by deep sea volcanoes.
Dismantling the oil platform on land would cost over 70 million dollars, compared to the $7.5 million needed to secure and sink it in a deep ocean location.
The National Environmental Research Council approved the sinking of the oil platform, calling it the “best practicable environmental option.”
Towing the oil platform into shallow waters poses a massive risk that it may break up on its way to land, releasing the contained pollutants into fragile coastal waters.
