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re: Pipeline leak in the Gulf
Posted on 1/19/17 at 6:51 pm to castorinho
Posted on 1/19/17 at 6:51 pm to castorinho
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I fricking hate that these agencies use gallons instead of barrels to report leaks.
It's the old sad story: production is measured in barrels, pollution in gallons.
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Posted on 1/19/17 at 6:52 pm to castorinho
Probably because there are diffferent size barrels different industries use - i.e. 42 gallons vs 55 gallons...
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:01 pm to RDOtiger
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Probably because there are diffferent size barrels different industries use - i.e. 42 gallons vs 55 gallons
No. A barrel is 42 gallons.
A drum is 55 gallons.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:11 pm to Jim Rockford
Sooooo Marky Mark coming down again or what?
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:14 pm to JudgeHolden
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It's the old sad story: production is measured in barrels, pollution in gallons.
Probably because most consumers of news are familiar with gallons.
You can bet your arse if I was trying enforcement actions on a polluter i'm going to use the number that sounds the largest. Common sense. Tough to explain pollution to a judge with zero environmental knowledge when you use technical terms.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:15 pm to Blitzed
I was coming with WWMMD but you got in there first. 
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:17 pm to link
you are right about that. They look for any reason to jack up the prices.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 7:20 pm to fightin tigers
quote:It's not a math thing.
Can't math good?
The argument is most are more familiar with gallons...but in reality they just want it to sound worse than it really is, as someone mentioned earlier.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:34 pm to GRTiger
quote:
That fate was sealed after THE WIND CHANGED SPEED in Western Iowa a DECADE ago.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:41 pm to Jim Rockford
It's Trump's fault. Antarctica will melt and the seals will die. Or whatever.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 8:46 pm to Jim Rockford
Kinetica...sounds like a Mickey Mouse org to me.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 9:01 pm to offshoreangler
Posted on 1/19/17 at 9:16 pm to JudgeHolden
Actually it's measured by the length, width, and color of the sheen. No where close to an accurate amount
Posted on 1/19/17 at 9:23 pm to JudgeHolden
Like I said...Mickey Mouse.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 9:25 pm to Jim Rockford
Looks pretty minor.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 9:29 pm to t00f
Take an eyedropper and put some oil in it. Put one drop in an Olympic size swimming pool. That would be equal to the bp leak ratio wise.
Posted on 1/19/17 at 9:42 pm to tgrbaitn08
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No. A barrel is 42 gallons.
What about a barrel of beer?
Posted on 1/19/17 at 9:58 pm to fightin tigers
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What about a barrel of beer?
A barrel of beer is 31 gallons, a keg is 15 1/2 gallons
Posted on 1/19/17 at 10:00 pm to tgrbaitn08
Who uses imperial gallons?
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