So how can advances with fiber optics help prevent oil spills? The answer may shock you, read on to learn more…

Western civilization–or at least a lot of the pipelines, overpasses and other steel structures that keep it humming–is falling apart.
Approximately 2.2 million miles of oil and gas pipelines crisscross North America, and the average age of the pipes is 29 years old, according to Gary Jolly, the CEO of Fiber Optic Systems Technology (Fox-Tek), which sells systems for monitoring the rate of corrosion in beams and pipes. Recently reported corrosion problems in a BP pipeline in Alaska are really more of a symbol of the problem than an isolated incident, he said.
And what about all those historically interesting steel bridges built by the Works Projects Administration in the 1930s…. Source: News.com