Comments on: What the Exxon Valdez Does and Doesn’t Mean

By: Gordon Priest

Gordon Priest — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:15:36 +0000

1 barrel is 45 gallons.
47,800 barrels is 2,151,000 gallons
It would less than six years to release the equivalent of Valdez

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:07:33 +0000

Original author of the piece on The Daily Green, here. Thanks, Jefferson, for identifying this error. We've corrected it now, and by my math (this time) Allen Brooks is right.

By: Allen Brooks

Allen Brooks — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:05:02 +0000

Everyone id wrong with their math! Allow me to explain…

There are 42 U.S. Gallons in one Barrel of oil. 42 times 47,800 equals 2,007,600 Gallons. So in actuality, it would require somewhat less than Six Years for offshore drillling operations to spill the same amount of oil as the Valdez calamity.

By: Gordon Priest

Gordon Priest — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:15:36 +0000

1 barrel is 45 gallons.
47,800 barrels is 2,151,000 gallons
It would less than six years to release the equivalent of Valdez

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By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:07:33 +0000

Original author of the piece on The Daily Green, here. Thanks, Jefferson, for identifying this error. We've corrected it now, and by my math (this time) Allen Brooks is right.

By: Allen Brooks

Allen Brooks — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:05:02 +0000

Everyone id wrong with their math! Allow me to explain…