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Oil Spill Much Bigger Than Initial Estimates
"hk" wrote in message m... Scientist Says Oil Spill Much Bigger Than Initial Estimates After an explosion killed eleven and sent the Deepwater Horizon rig to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, the government estimated that the oil leaking from the ocean floor was around 5,000 barrels per day. That figure, 210,000 gallons, has been widely used in media stories concerning the spill. One problem: It might be way too conservative. After footage of the spill was released on Wednesday, Ian R. MacDonald, an oceanographer at Florida State University and expert on oil slick analysis, went to work using satellite imagery. He estimates the leak could "'easily be four or five times' the government estimate," the New York Times reported. "'The government has a responsibility to get good numbers,' Dr. MacDonald said. 'If it's beyond their technical capability, the whole world is ready to help them.'" It's important to have an accurate figure, scientists argue, because it's directly related to the damage the spill will cause both in the ocean and at the shore. "BP has repeatedly said that its highest priority is stopping the leak, not measuring it," the New York Times reported. "'There's just no way to measure it,' Kent Wells, a BP senior vice president, said in a recent briefing." But scientists who work primarily underwater have used various measurement techniques for decades; the technology exists. Original story in The New York Times | Friday, May 14, 2010 -- The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name. No worries....Froggy says it's no big deal! |
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