Hundreds of abandoned oil rigs are rusting away in the Gulf of Mexico — and what's lurking beneath the waves is even more troubling.

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Dynamo CEO and Business Explains the World host Nicholas Carlson dives into this overlooked environmental and economic crisis, uncovering how decades of innovation created today's dangerous mess — and why companies have been allowed to shrug off responsibility. Can business get us out of this mess?

Chapters:
0:00 There are hundreds of abandoned oil platforms in the Gulf
1:23 The innovation to drill for oil offshore fueled post-WWII America
3:07 Drilling further away from land fueled technological advancements
4:11 Oil structures built offshore are way bigger and drill deeper
5:24 Framer ad break
6:37 Why do oil companies leave structures in the Gulf?
7:23 What happens during a "blowout"
8:02 What oil rigs look like underwater
9:19 What could go wrong with abandoned oil rigs
12:01 Do we have laws against this?
13:48 How companies legally leave oil rigs in the Gulf
16:55 What solutions are there?
18:27 We can use the past as inspiration

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