What a mess

[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.