What a mess

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

So wouldn't that make the Gulf of Cheney comment from the marketwatch guy a bit unfair?

Obama is now in favor of off shore drilling and there was an unfortunate accident. But somehow this is still the prior administrations fault.

Dont you know that everything is Bush's fault?

I never realized that one man could be so powerful that he single handidly ruined the world.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Dont you know that everything is Bush's fault?

I never realized that one man could be so powerful that he single handidly ruined the world.

Fortunately, there are term limits

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Fortunately, there are term limits

Fortunately, there are ONE-TERMERS too!

[Riot]

Tar balls found on Key West beaches today.

Underwater oil plume estimated to be 10 miles long, 3 miles wide. Oil over one of five major deep coral reefs. Dead porpoises wash up on shore.

BP proud that they've inserted a 4-inch draft into a 20-inch pipe, collecting about a fifth of what is continuing to spill daily.

[geeker2]

I say blame Clinton. The Rig was designed, permitted and built on his watch.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Riot

Tar balls found on Key West beaches today.

Underwater oil plume estimated to be 10 miles long, 3 miles wide. Oil over one of five major deep coral reefs. Dead porpoises wash up on shore.

BP proud that they've inserted a 4-inch draft into a 20-inch pipe, collecting about a fifth of what is continuing to spill daily.

bad math riot. you can fit five 4" pipes down just one axis of a 20" pipe. that's assuming 20" is the interior dimension of the larger pipe and 4" the exterior dimension of the smaller. which isn't the case. but pretending it is, you still have a lot of 20" pipe left after you do that.

4" pipe area is the radius (2') x 3.14 squared= 39.4 square inches

20" pipe area is the radius (10") x 3.14 squared = 986 square inches

that's about 4%, not 20%.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

bad math riot. you can fit five 4" pipes down just one axis of a 20" pipe. that's assuming 20" is the interior dimension of the larger pipe and 4" the exterior dimension of the smaller. which isn't the case. but pretending it is, you still have a lot of 20" pipe left after you do that.

4" pipe area is the radius (2') x 3.14 squared= 39.4 square inches

20" pipe area is the radius (10") x 3.14 squared = 986 square inches

that's about 4%, not 20%.

That's not my math - that's THEIR math Of course, they also say that only 5,000 gallons a day are spilling, and they are pulling 1,000 gal a day from the draft pipe.

As an aside: today I could have turned left into the BP Station, or right into the Speedway. I conciously chose Speedway.