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You can not do a anything to stop it. If the spill keeps on flowing towards the Atlantic Ocean, where the Atlantic Ocean is our 'world heater', and the oil heads northbound then Europe will be force to stop fishing in the next 100 years.
Not only that but we will face global cooling because the rate of the oil will 'clog' up the Atlantic Ocean. This is not something that we can say, Ehh, it's just an oil spill. NO! The aftermath will be much worse! Please inform people about this. ...
Originally posted by LieBuster
maybe we need to calculate 1m gallons a day at say 1" think to calculate the surface area effected each day and divide that by the total surface area covered by water on the earth to come up with a clear picture if anyone wants a go.
it would take 29,000 years to fill the Gulf with 1 inch of oil.
Originally posted by vor78
You've missed a step on your math. You haven't converted the 361 million square KM to square meters. Its going to be a LOT longer than ~2700 years.
Originally posted by mpriebe81
The methane is what i'm really REALLY worried about.....de-oxygenating the seawater is NOT good for business!!!
Originally posted by LieBuster
could we work the volume out of say 20,000psi thick liquid coming out of a 6" pipe with 'X' negative presure from the weight of the sea above the Bop pushing back down.
Originally posted by vor78
Can't help you there. Someone with an engineering background would probably know how to calculate it.