The Gulf of Mexico has 2,430,000 cubic kilometers of water and the leak was 5,500,000 barrels

By: renny (Diary)  |  August 18th at 02:39 PM  | 

So, for dispersion and dilution, you do the math. I think the leak, enormous as it has been (Santa Barbara’s spill that launched our anti-energy program in the US in 1969 was 3,000,000 barrels–but it  was just off shore) is probably analogous to a can of beer in the Great Lakes. No matter. The media is on the situation like glue on false eyelashes, and | Read More »