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Let's Put That In Perspective...
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
This is an epic disaster. Some people are predicting that the oil cannot be stopped, and it will continue to gush until the oil/gas is depleted, OR until the pressures are equalized! By BP's own estimate, that would mean that about 50 MILLION BARRELS in total will be in the water.
That is 2,100,000,000 GALLONS of oil, and who knows how much methane....
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I did a quick graphic to show how big that amount of oil is. It's a cube, 655 feet on each side.
Last edited by kstruve; 05-31-2010 at 02:06 AM..
Reason: Changed cube size. My math was WAY off. I took a square root when I should have taken the cube root ... :|
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