ok, by my acount, the pipe leaking down there in thew gulf is ten inch. I say this because the latest trick they are supposed to try is putting a six inch line inside with some baffle thingy to block off the flow. ok, so assuming a ten inch steel pipe. when i see the footage on the news, it appears that the oil is ripping out of that line. they also state it is five thousand feet down give or take. assuming a pressure of 2165 psig(0.433x500 feet), and then seeing the oil ripping out of that line, i am going to go out on a limb and say that the pressure drop per hundy is over 4 which we might normally see in comfort cooling apps. so, at a drop of 4, a ten inch line would have a flow rate at or exceeding 2000 gpm. so, by my math, that equals 2000gpm x 60minutes x 24hours, or nearly three million gallons per day. so based upon what we know, what say you???
Guess the real total.....
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here is a perfect example of something that should be in place right now, on a tanker ship recycling the oil in the gulf. they could be filling the tanker with crude, even if it was say eighhty percent efficient, then refining it further. i will bet this never sees the light of day due to politics. they will say things like "we dont know who owns the oil", or "it isnt really efficient enough electrically to make sense". I say hey, lets get it out there, run it off a waste oil generator and clean this crasp up. surely bp wants this thing cleaned up efficiently right? get ten of those machinesat 200gpm each and you are doing some work.
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my grandchildrens grandchildren will suffer from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I read somewhere that the Saudis are shaking their heads. They said when this happens over there, they surround the area with supertankers and suck the oil/water into the tanks. Oil floats to the top, then drain the water from the bottom of the super tankers..
Their smarter then us.
something needs to be done right now. But the problem is the damage is done.
this is going to be an ecological disaster of epic proportions. The oil is already into the swamps. Which is going to kill off 90% of the the frogs, and crabs and Crawfish which will kill off a lot of insects, Gators, turtles birds...............you get the picture. If your a Gulf fisherman, you should be out looking for a new profession, because yours is history
Right now, If I was a crabber or Oyster man in The Chesapeake Bay area, I would be planning now to close off flow, because all this oil will eventually effect them.
Even lobstermen in New England should be concerned.
this is going to be an ecological disaster of epic proportions. The oil is already into the swamps. Which is going to kill off 90% of the the frogs, and crabs and Crawfish which will kill off a lot of insects, Gators, turtles birds...............you get the picture. If your a Gulf fisherman, you should be out looking for a new profession, because yours is history
Right now, If I was a crabber or Oyster man in The Chesapeake Bay area, I would be planning now to close off flow, because all this oil will eventually effect them.
Even lobstermen in New England should be concerned.
Actually the oil is not in the swamps, its in the marshlands. Saltwater creatures are being affected, everything but crabs that you listed are safe and yes we do have freshwater crabs.
But I appreciate your point, I posted this on another forum.
The government, corp of engineers, and BP can all suck Louisiana's nuts.
What a bunch of useless *******s.
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