| "The problem with the April 20 spill is that it isn't really a spill: It's a gush, like an underwater oil volcano. A hot column of oil and gas is spurting into freezing, black waters nearly a mile down, where the pressure nears a ton per inch, impossible for divers to endure. Experts call it a continuous, round-the-clock calamity, unlike a leaking tanker, which might empty in hours or days...
If the flow is not stopped, it will exhaust the natural reservoir of oil beneath the sea floor, experts say. Many months, at least, could pass...."
http://www.latimes.com/news/na...
"A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration video, shot as officials coordinated response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, shows that federal officials almost immediately worried that the oil well could leak up to 110,000 barrels per day, or 4.6 million gallons...
It only takes one quart of motor oil to make 250,000 gallons of ocean water toxic to wildlife. Are you starting to get the magnitude of this?"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/...
"...has been using four robotic submarines to try to fully activate the giant 450-tonne blowout preventer and shut off the flow of oil...."
http://www.dailykos.com/storyo...
Let's see 4 million gallons per day x 30 days x 3 months = 360 million gallons. If it takes 6, 9, or 12 months, but what if it humans cannot stop the flow? |
