A BP executive stated that they were removing 3000:1 gas to oil at the well before the explosion. (thats 3000 cubic feet of gas for every barrel of oil) The amount of oil leaking into the gulf is 25,000 to 70,000 barrels. a 3000:1 ratio would mean 75 - 210 million cubic feet of gas per day being released. There is 5.64 cubic feet of gas per barrel. That would mean there is 13.3 to 37.2 million "barrels" of gas being released each day. (note: this is at standard atmospheric temp and pressure. At the ocean floor and 2,400 pounds per square inch, this gas is compressed by a factor of of over 1000 and will expand as it rises. So, in the video coming out of the pipe it looks like 75,000 to 210,000 barrels of gas per day.
25,000 barrels of oil a day... factor in the 3000 cubic feet of gas and.... well, you have the worst case scenario. we wont recover from this in our lifetime. all in the name of a fossil fuels.. and to think there are ways to produce clean energy for free. we are killing the earth in the name of the dollar bill. here is a video of the oil. maybe it will put this in to perspective
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