As new reports indicate that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the hands of BP is now the largest “accidental” release of oil into water in history, [URL=http://www.southpawlitico.com/]South Pawlitico[/URL] has released a fun (and admittedly simple) web-based game allowing players to try their own hand at plugging the broken wellhead.

[URL=http://www.southpawlitico.com/gulf_of_mexicoil.htm]Gulf of Mexicoil[/URL] lets users attempt to utilize duct tape, old tires, the kitchen sink and crazy glue to stop the spewing, all while fighting ocean currents.

The worst oil spill of all time was intentional, [URL=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/03/gulf.oil.largest.spill/]according to CNN[/URL], and took place during the Gulf Warm when Iraqi army personnel released 240 million gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf. A [URL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080204695.html?hpid=topnews]Washington Post story[/URL] indicates that the Deepwater Horizon disaster resulted in 205.8 million gallons (or 4.9 million barrels) of oil spilled.
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