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Roy Rolling

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8. Distracting number

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 02:21 PM

Oct 2019

“...only 22, 500 square feet of land”.

Oh yeah? 383,000 gallons of oil leaked. That’s 51,200 cubic feet of oil.

That means the spill was almost 2 1/2 feet deep over 22,500 square feet.

So where did it go?

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Keystone oil pipeline leaks 383,000 gallons in North Dakota [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2019 OP

No surprise there! It isn't even very old, is it? eom Frustratedlady Oct 2019 #1

A few months old. And I'll bet this leak was no accident. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #15

The article says it started carrying oil in 2011. n/t Igel Oct 2019 #18

How many times was this outcome predicted? Mike 03 Oct 2019 #2

This 👆🏼 UpInArms Oct 2019 #4

As long as the spill is in someone else's backyard IronLionZion Oct 2019 #11

Tillerson Says Says Climate Change 'With Us Forever More' erlewyne Oct 2019 #14

Great, it goes through my state too n/t hibbing Oct 2019 #3

Shocked I tell ya, just shocked. Who woulda guessed olddad65 Oct 2019 #5

Well they say 383,000 gallons. That means bluestarone Oct 2019 #6

Something seems fishy about those numbers. yonder Oct 2019 #7

Wow, thanks for doing the math. I hope reporters follow up on that. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #16

Distracting number Roy Rolling Oct 2019 #8

Thank goodness DENVERPOPS Oct 2019 #10

K&R. Damn. JudyM Oct 2019 #9

Oh, for fuck's sake. Sugar Smack Oct 2019 #12

So, who pays for the clean-up? OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #13

Nobody saw this coming! B Stieg Oct 2019 #17

This is awful (and fully expected) RT Atlanta Oct 2019 #19

Yeah thanks dotard Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #20