As most of us ponder about ocean pollution, as we do, we tend to entertain the idea that most of the pollution our ocean endures comes from plastic. This is what most ocean pollution activists preach when demanding help for our beautiful oceans. Yet, there is something even greater than just plastic contaminating our waters. Nonpoint source pollution is killing our oceans and here’s how. Nonpoint source pollution or NSP includes many small sources that can affect our oceans. Septic tanks, cars, boats, trucks, and various larger sources drop small amounts of oil onto roads and parking lots. Some of this oil makes its way to our oceans. This oil is unsafe for our marine wildlife and oftens harms or even kills our marine animals. This oil pollution makes up for a good part of the contamination our oceans receive. Now, what can we do to help curb this awful pollution. Correcting NSP is not an easy task since there are so many vehicles on the road and in our waters. What we have done so far is blocking off certain gateways to our waters to stop the oil contamination. This is effective, but remains extremely costly. So, our best bet is to begin at the main source. Many companies are promoting hybrid vehicles along with electric only cars. These vehicles can be extremely helpful to our environment by saving our ozone layer, but it can also be extremely beneficial by removing oil from our roads. So, by considering owning a hybrid car or electric, it’ll benefit our environment tremendously through the air and our oceans.