Gulf Oil Spill - new record

[4Tesla]

The MSM has done a lousy job at reporting on the oil spill crisis.  The truth is we have already surpassed the Exxon Valdez spill of 11 million gallons!

Dr. Ian MacDonald at FSU just produced a new spill-size estimate based on the US Coast Guard aerial overflight map of the oil slick on April 28, 2010. The bottom line: that map implies that on April 28, there was a total of 8.9 million gallons floating on the surface of the Gulf.

That implies a minimum average flow rate of slightly more than 1 million gallons of oil (26,000 barrels) per day from the leaking well on the seafloor. Since we're now in Day 11 of the spill, which began with a blowout and explosion on April 20, we estimate that by the end of the today 12.2 million gallons of oil, at a minimum, have been spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.

The oft-quoted official estimate for the Exxon Valdez spill is 11 million gallons, although some think that is the lower limit of the likely range. It appears that we've just set a very sad new record.

Here are some links to track the spill:
http://blog.skytruth.org/
http://www.skytruth.org/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43862
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/29/interactive.spill.tracker/index.html

4Tesla

[Mark69]

Truly disgusting.  It is time to switch back to ethanol and be done with oil.

Mark

[giantkiller]

At what point in our history did 'crapping in our nest' become a gladiator event? Now we are looking for a fix and that will be our next hero?
Pathetic little humans...
We keep out doing ourselves in bad attempts at mass consumption.

[jadaro2600]

Truly disgusting.  It is time to switch back to ethanol and be done with oil.

Mark

Right, like we need higher food prices too - or haven't you read about this price hike due to the conversion of corn to ethanol.

I'm beginning to wonder if the 'accident' was an act of sabotage.

We'll all be getting the bill when Florida's coast gets hit - the state will have no income from the west coast of Florida from tourism for a very long time.

[mscoffman]

The northern part of the Gulf of Mexico is already
ecologically screwed up, with anoxic water etc.
They are now turning it into one big energy production
back lot. And, they aren't done...they want everyone
to *pay* for "peak-oil" in an energy system that will
ultimately fail...So in the meantime, be sure to keep
your wallets handy!

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