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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:52 PM Original message |
Oil Leak Could Be 5 Times Larger than the 5 Times Larger Estimate (25,000 Barrels a Day) |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Holy Crap. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good point, today I've read 'news reports' with everything from 5k |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Holy shit. n/t |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Has anyone investigated how much oil per day BP claimed to be pumping |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I have wondered about that, too. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Time to start measuring the spill in Exxon Valdez units |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. At 25,000 barrels a day, |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Depends on whether you use Imperial or US gallons for the conversion |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. If it takes 90 days, it will be way more than the Exxon Valdez spill. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Bingo |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. In no uncertain terms, we are so fucked. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. We really are. |
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skeptical cynic (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Estimate Spill Volumes |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wasn't this well being capped? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. My impression is that it was just drilled |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Yes, it was being capped. But only long enough for another (different |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. I heard 200,000 x the 90 day guesstimate = 18,000,000 barrels, so there goes... |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. Even if we use the best estimates |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well gosh.. gee.. Could Be 5 times greater? Huh? Whats a few million gallons here or there? |
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Dan (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. I guess I am waiting for the government |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 02:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. A small nuke may seal it off. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. Reparations? For Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, etc.? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Worse than expected" joins "faster than expected" as the indispensable phrases ... |
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