Oil Spill

[frawin]

to make it seem worse.  Its all about perception.  It sounds a whole lot worse to hear 4,000,000 gallons than 1,000,000 barrels.

Steve the comparison would be 42,000,000 Gallons verses 1,000,000 Barrels.

[Wilma]

That makes it two million gallons worse.

[frawin]

That makes it two million gallons worse.

Wilma, I think it makes it 38Million Gallons worse, if my math is correct, in other words almost 10 times worse.

[Wilma]

if one barrel = 42 gallons
then 1,000,000 barrels would = 42,000,000 gallons
srkruzich used 1,000,000 barrels = 40,000,000.  Wouldn't 42,000,000 gallons be 2,000,000 gallons more? or worse than the 40,000,000.

I am so mixed up now that I am going to call it a day.  No, not yet.  What I am going to do is break it down to quantities that don't boggle my brain.  Just suppose, now don't quote me on this as being the truth.  It is just an example using figures that I can understand.

1 barrel = 42 gallons
10 barrels = 420 gallons
100 barrels = 4,200 gallons
1,000 barrels= 42,000 gallons
1,000,000 barrels = 42,000,000 gallons

using the 10 barrels we will say that 10 barrels = 400 gallons
actually 10 barrels = 420 gallons which is 20 gallons more and in the case of an oil spill would be worse

Do I have you all mixed up yet?

[frawin]

Steve used 4,000,000 to 1,000,000 not 1,000,000 to 40,000,000

[Wilma]

Finally I get it.

[pamagain]

according to the Maritime News ,BPs OWN guesstimate is over the course of the last 90 days approx. 1,750,000 BARRELS leaked so far. They approximate 19,000 barrels a day before they got it partially contained.
They say approx 15,000 barrels a day is being siphoned off now..........that is a pretty fairsize glob of oil floatin around out there whether you use barrels or gallons. It REALLY doesn't NEED to be made to sound worse than it is........

[srkruzich]

Steve the comparison would be 42,000,000 Gallons verses 1,000,000 Barrels.

Yeah sorry, i was exhausted last night when i was doing my math. ;(

[Wilma]

I have an excuse, too.  The part of my eyes that read zeros wasn't working last night.