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ixtoc was not "about the same size" as this one. Ixtoc was: 3 million barrels over 2,800 km^2. Deepwater Horizon is (so far): ~8.7 million barrels (100,000 ba
by warfangle 16y ago
ixtoc was not "about the same size" as this one.
Ixtoc was:
3 million barrels over 2,800 km^2.
Deepwater Horizon is (so far):
~8.7 million barrels (100,000 barrels * 87 days) over 6,500-24,000 km^2.
It's nearly an order of magnitude more significant than the Ixtoc spill. And we're not even sure it's capped, yet.
(according to wikipedia, anyway)
- ars 16y agoIf anything that means this ones is much less severe - it's more diluted. And 3 times larger is not an order of magnitude. Remember: the more diluted, the faster it will be gone. As long as they have oxygen, bacteria will eat it. By diluting it more, there is much more oxygen available.