The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits

Re:The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits by tcskeptic on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @02:38PM (#1436538)

All this comparison did for me was emphasize how TINY the amount of oil is that has been spilled vs. overall US consumption. Googling around indicates that US oil consumption is on the order of 20MM BBL/Day, so the 60K BBL/Day spewing into the gulf is about .3% of oil used per day. Shocking to think about.

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Re:The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits by tbeseda on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @04:12PM (#1436868)

With the oil spilled in the Gulf, the US could be powered for approximately 4 minutes.

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Re:The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits by borism on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @07:34PM (#1437396)

but how much oil will be needed to collect the oil that was spilled in the Gulf?

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