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The floor of the gulf "leaks" in many places. Nobody knows just how much, but what we do know is that occasional crude oil blobs on the beaches - especially along the Texas coast - predates the first offshore well. A thousand barrels a day is not insignificant and it needs to be capped quickly, but it's not "disaster" level, either. Whether is will make a noticeable increase in the natural levels of oil already in the gulf is as yet unknown. If any of it shows up in Alabama or Florida that'll be significant.
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Yes, I have been following this issue as well. My thinking is that by setting fire to the oil you are just moving the pollution from the ocean to the air - I dont know which is worse.
Sounds desperate to me.!
Sounds desperate to me.!
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The figure being guessed at today is 42,000 gallons of oil a day
At the rate of 42,000 gallons of oil a day, the leak would have to continue for 262 days to match the 11-million-gallon spill from the Exxon Valdez in 1989, the worst oil spill in United States history.
The figure being guessed at today is 42,000 gallons of oil a day
At the rate of 42,000 gallons of oil a day, the leak would have to continue for 262 days to match the 11-million-gallon spill from the Exxon Valdez in 1989, the worst oil spill in United States history.
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