New US estimate, 60,000/day from BP oil spill

[shortylickens]

In all fairness guys, Americans really wanted that fucking oil.
Well, we are certainly going to get it now.
Remember, their number one motivation to speed up production was because we were demanding their business. Granted in retrospect we probably would have told them to take their sweet time and do it safely. But still.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Scientists confirmed today 2.52 million gallons spewing out a day

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_flow

2520000 GALLONS / 42 GALLONS / BARREL = 60000 barrels! z0mg, just like the headline!

9.8 BILLION CUBIC CENTIMETERS SPEW OUT PER DAY! Z0MG! BILLION IS HUUUUUUGE!

 

[nobodyknows]

2520000 GALLONS / 42 GALLONS / BARREL = 60000 barrels! z0mg, just like the headline!

9.8 BILLION CUBIC CENTIMETERS SPEW OUT PER DAY! Z0MG! BILLION IS HUUUUUUGE!

Yeah, it's nothing, why even worry about it? The President should concentrate on more important things, like the Axis of Evil.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Yeah, it's nothing, why even worry about it? The President should concentrate on more important things, like the Axis of Evil.

...or Cap and Trade.

 

[ZaneNBK]

Scientists confirmed today 2.52 million gallons spewing out a day

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_flow

That's 35,000 - 60,000 barrels per day, as was previously stated in this thread. 1 barrel = 42 gallons. The scientists also confirmed UP TO 60,000 bpd, as both the article title and text state. Your statement is misleading, as is stating the number in gallons per day, but the article does that as well.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Yeah, it's nothing, why even worry about it? The President should concentrate on more important things, like the Axis of Evil.

My point was the use of very large numbers as more of a scare tactic (esp. by Dave). Units are important and they are often ignored when talking about that oil flow rate.

 

[Bman123]

Bp is gonna go bankrupt and the big wigs will disappear, the govt will be stuck fixing this. I've been watching this daily and it's bullshit. BP is gonna ruin this damn world we live in.. The water is so polluted, it's fucking disgusting...