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Layne — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:04:39 +0000

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Atheist — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:27:52 +0000

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I believe in time the accepted figure for how much oil is being spewed out is actually about 50,000 barrels (or ten times BP's estimate). The 5,000 barrels estimate comes from looking at the oil slick on the surface, and estimating from there. Independent scientists have looked at the footage of the oil coming out of the leak itself and say it could be as much as even 100,000 barrels (the Wikipedia article on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has a lot of information). So, instead of 1/4000, it's about 1/400. I.e., about 3-4 minutes. Now, doesn't that sound better? ;)

Note: if you're rounding down to one significant figure, you should do the same to your results.

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