Originally Posted By Mr X 2,100,000,000 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should (make land )fall, 2,999,999,999 gallons of oil in the Gulf! HEY! 2,999,999,999 gallons of oil in the Gulf, 2,999,999,999 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should fall, 2,999,999,998 gallons of oil in the Gulf! EVERYBODY! 2,999,999,998 gallons of oil in the Gulf, 2,999,999,998 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should fall, 2,999,999,997 gallons of oil in the Gulf! and so on... Fun song, eh? That's looking like the worst case scenario we could be faced with, and it'll take 95 YEARS to deplete. Now, do I think it'll be worst case? No. Of course not. BUT, what's going on right now is bad enough. At the moment BP has admitted (reluctantly) that the flow rate is 5,000 barrels a day which is roughly 210,000 gallons - they further admitted to Congress that a worst case scenario of 60,000 barrels a day is possible IF the pressure of the leak were to accelerate. That'd be 2,520,000 gallons PER DAY. Until they can stop it. And if they can't, it'll take roughly 95 YEARS to belch out the 2,100,000,000 gallons of oil that particular reserve is estimated to contain. Just food for thought. Does off-shore drilling still sound like a neat idea? ..... EVERYBODY sing! 2,999,999,997 gallons of oil in the Gulf, 2,999,999,997 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should fall, 2,999,999,996 gallons of oil in the Gulf! JUST the right wingers! 2,999,999,996 gallons of oil in the Gulf, 2,999,999,996 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should fall, 2,999,999,995 gallons of oil in the Gulf! Sarah Palin fans, drill-baby-drill! 2,999,999,995 gallons of oil in the Gulf, 2,999,999,995 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should fall, 2,999,999,994 gallons of oil in the Gulf! Hypocritical, supposedly left-wing Presidents! 2,999,999,994 gallons of oil in the Gulf, 2,999,999,994 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should fall, 2,999,999,993 gallons of oil in the Gulf! DouglasDubH solo! 2,999,999,993 gallons of oil in the Gulf, 2,999,999,993 gallons of oil! if ONE of those gallons of oil should fall, 2,999,999,992 gallons of oil in the Gulf! Hurry folks, maybe we can finish the song before they plug the leak!
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes So, today's news is that they put a semi-plug into it with a 6" pipe leading to the surface so they could pump it into a tanker. Then their undersea robot vehicles crashed and broke apart this pipeline. It's no joke, but could it get anymore comedic than this?
Originally Posted By Mr X The left-wing conspiracy types are saying that BP is intentionally half-assing their efforts because they want to save the oil for themselves (in other words, they COULD simply plug it but they won't).
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< The left-wing conspiracy types ... >>> Why are you even reading what they are saying?
Originally Posted By SuperDry I find that I don't have nearly enough time to keep up with reliable sources of information, let alone spend time on conspiracy theorists of either persuasion.
