Reply #56: The article was published 10 years ago. And the amount that seeps out

[apples and oranges]

is twice the Exxon Valdez oil spill per year. It would be nice if people actually read the article before attacking.

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To get an estimate of how much oil seeps into the Gulf each year, the researchers took into account the thickness of the oil-only a hundredth of a millimeter, the area of ocean surface covered by slicks, and how long the oil remains on the surface before it's consumed by bacteria or churned up by waves. "The number is twice the Exxon Valdez's spill per year, and that's a conservative estimate," said Mitchell.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000127082228.htm