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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:36 AM Original message |
2 tons of oil spilled onto Great Barrier Reef.. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. horrible |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is about 75 cubic feet or 11 barrels of oil! (n/t) |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Agree, 11 barrels seems like a trivial amount compared to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. n/t |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Right.. according to the article the spill is 3 miles long |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. How thick is a film of oil 300' x 3 miles from 11 barrels of oil? I agree oil spills are bad but the |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It does not take a lot of oil to kill Corals |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. If the oil doesnt kill them, global warming surely will |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not to mention that the GBR is the biggest coral deposit on the |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. 2 tons spilled over an area of 0.170 sq.mi. (300' x 3mi)... the film will be .000189" |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Human hair is about 0.003" so the film would be about 1/15 as thick as a hair? Thanks n/t |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. terrible |
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